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Echinophoria famulans

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans was named by Jung (1971). Its type specimen is NMB H 15444, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Echinophoria famulans by Donovan (2003), Beu (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans Jung p. 186 figs. Pl. 9, figs. 1-5
1988Bathygalea (Miogalea) famulans Petuch p. 97
2003Echinophoria famulans Donovan p. 262
2010Echinophoria famulans Beu p. 242

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyPhaliinaeBeu 1981
genusEchinophoriaSacco 1890
speciesfamulans()

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.

†Echinophoria famulans Jung 1971
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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 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Grenada Bathygalea famulans (58644) Echinophoria famulans (111216)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Grenada Bathygalea famulans (58667 58668 58671)