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Anconia elenensis surensis

Gastropoda - Mesogastropoda - Melaniidae

Taxonomy
Anconia elenensis surensis was named by Rivera (1957). It is extant. Its type locality is Bahia Lechuza, which is in an Eocene marine sandstone in the Paracas Formation of Peru.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1957Anconia elenensis surensis Rivera p. 179

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderMesogastropodaThiele 1925
superfamilyCerithiaceaFérussac 1819
familyMelaniidaeGray
genusAnconia
specieselenensis
subspeciessurensis

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Eocene or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Peru (Ica) Anconia elenensis (type locality: 84680)