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Pseudoliva modesta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy

Pseudoliva modesta was named by Olsson (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Negritos [Saman Conglomerate, Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. adelekei, P. carinata, P. cepa, P. crassa, P. curvicostata, P. elisae, P. fissurata, P. forma, P. japonica, P. longicostata, P. mutabilis, P. nana, P. nanafaliaensis, P. nodulosa, P. obtusa, P. ostrarupis, P. ovalis, P. parinaensis, P. poursanensis, P. samanica, P. santander, P. tenuicostata, P. vestusta, P. vetusta, P. vetusta, P. volutaeiformis, P. samanica

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Pseudoliva modesta Olsson pp. 125-126 figs. pl. 18, fig. 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Pseudolivinae	Cossmann 1901
genus	Pseudoliva	Swainson 1840
species	modesta

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.

†Pseudoliva modesta Olsson 1928

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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 08:10:04

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:10:04

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Peru (Piura)	Pseudoliva modesta (52527)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Peru (Piura)	Pseudoliva modesta (type locality: 88391)