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Hesperisternia waltonia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Hesperisternia waltonia was named by Gardner (1944). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3856 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida. It is the type species of Hesperisternia.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Hesperisternia waltonia Gardner p. 72
2010Hesperisternia waltonia Landau and Marques da Silva p. 72

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPisaniinaeGray 1857
genusHesperisterniaGardner 1944
specieswaltoniaGardner 1944

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.

Hesperisternia waltonia Gardner 1944
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Hesperisternia waltonia (type locality: 42692 42870 43009 111204 136943)