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Keepingia gossardii

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum gossardii was named by Nyst (1836). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Northia gossardi by Janssen (1963); it was recombined as Keepingia gossardi by Nuttal and Cooper (1973); it was recombined as Keepingia gossardii by Marquet et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
K. uniserialis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Buccinum gossardii Nyst p. 36 figs. pl. 3, fig. 95
1859Buccinum thierensi Bosquet p. 12 figs. pl. 1, fig. 14
1963Northia gossardi Janssen p. 34
1973Keepingia gossardi Nuttal and Cooper p. 212
2008Keepingia gossardii Marquet et al. p. 57

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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)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusKeepingiaNuttal and Cooper 1973
speciesgossardii(Nyst 1836)

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.

†Keepingia gossardii Nyst 1836
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Invalid names: Buccinum thierensi Bosquet 1859 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 33.90000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Keepingia gossardi (9078 9079 9098 9114 9132 9133 9134 9169 9171 9172 9173 9174 9175 9177 9179 9180 9181 9182 9183 9193 9266 9267 9268 9269)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Belgium Keepingia gossardii (111366 111367 111371)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04France (Essonne) Keepingia gossardi (9270)