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Naticopsis priscus

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Nerita prisca was named by Gemmellaro (1889). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Neritina prisca by Delpey (1941); it was recombined as Naticopsis priscus by Clapham (2015).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. arctica, N. spectatus, N. esui

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Nerita prisca Gemmellaro p. 138 figs. Pl. 19 . 20,22
1912Nerita prisca Mansuy
1914Naticopsis hologyroides Mansuy
1941Neritina prisca Delpey p. 270 fig. 12
2015Naticopsis priscus Clapham

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
speciespriscus()

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.

†Naticopsis priscus Gemmellaro 1889
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Invalid names: Naticopsis hologyroides Mansuy 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height210.510.011.010.50.707

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Knight 1933

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Nerita prisca (type locality: 108672)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Cambodia Neritina prisca (107272 107273 107276 107282)