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Trajana (Trajana) wheeleri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Hindsia wheeleri was named by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941). Its type specimen is ANSP 14483, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Zone H - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian coastal claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador.

It was recombined as Trajana (Trajana) wheeleri by Vokes (1969).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Hindsia wheeleri Pilsbry and Olsson
1969Trajana (Trajana) wheeleri Vokes p. 82

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusTrajanaGardner 1948
subgenusTrajanaGardner 1948
specieswheeleri()

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.

†Trajana (Trajana) wheeleri Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) Hindsia wheeleri (type locality: 51880)