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Naticopsis (Naticopsis) praealta

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Naticopsis praealta was named by Wanner (1922). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Basleo (Wanner collection), which is in an Artinskian marine horizon in Indonesia.

It was recombined as Naticopsis (Naticopsis) praealta by Batten (1979).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Naticopsis praealta Wanner p. 35 figs. Pl 15, fig 22
1979Naticopsis (Naticopsis) praealta Batten p. 14 fig. 16a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
subgenusNaticopsisM'Coy 1844
speciespraealta()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height115.3
shell diameter114.0

Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Knight 1933, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Capitanian or 290.10000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3Indonesia Naticopsis praealta (118268)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Malaysia (Perak) Naticopsis praealta (62131)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Naticopsis praealta (109637)