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Sediliopsis gracilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma gracilis was named by Conrad (1830). It is the type species of Sediliopsis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Drillia incilifera by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Sediliopsis gracilis by Petuch (1988).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Pleurotoma gracilis Conrad p. 225 figs. Plate IX, Fig. 10
1988Sediliopsis gracilis Petuch p. 38

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusSediliopsis
speciesgracilis(Conrad 1830)

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.

Sediliopsis gracilis Conrad 1830
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Sediliopsis gracilis (92325)