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Pisania transsylvanica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Triton (Hilda) transsylvanicum was named by Hoernes and Auinger (1884). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Pisania transsylvanica by Beu and Maxwell (1987).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. auritula, P. ignea, P. ignea, P. inflata, P. maculosa, P. marmorata, P. nux, P. orbignyi, P. pusio, P. nux

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Triton (Hilda) transsylvanicum Hoernes and Auinger p. 182
1987Pisania transsylvanica Beu and Maxwell p. 56

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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
genusPisaniaBivona-Bernardi 1832
speciestranssylvanica(Hoernes and Auinger 1884)

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.

†Pisania transsylvanica Hoernes and Auinger 1884
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available