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Nerinea somaliensis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae

Taxonomy
Nerinea somaliensis was named by Weir (1925).

It was recombined as Cossmannea somaliensis by Abbate et al. (1974).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Nerinea somaliensis Weir
1974Cossmannea somaliensis Abbate et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyNerineoideaZittel 1873
familyNerineidaeZittel 1873
subfamilyNerineinaeZittel 1873
genusNerineaDeshayes 1827
speciessomaliensisWeir 1925

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.

Nerinea somaliensis Weir 1925
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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: base of the Callovian to the top of the Oxfordian or 166.10000 to 157.30000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Nerinea somaliensis (93490 93530)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Somalia Cossmannea somaliensis (100368 100379 100386 100387)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Nerinea somaliensis (92962 92991)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Somalia Cossmannea somaliensis (100374 100383)