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Eopsephaea costaria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta costaria was named by Lamarck (1802) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Atlantic.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Eopsephaea costaria by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1802Voluta costaria Lamarck p. 477 figs. velin 2, fig 14
1995Eopsephaea costaria Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutilithinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusEopsephaeaFischer 1883
speciescostaria()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Eopsephaea costaria Lamarck 1802
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Eopsephaea costaria (8124 8125)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Voluta costaria (184107 184112)