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Fossariopsis sinense

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae

Taxonomy
Fossariopsis sinense was named by Yin and Yochelson (1983). Its type specimen is GQ81073 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Yinshanpo KC262, Qingyan, which is in a Pelsonian/Illyrian marine shale/marl in the Qingyan Formation of China.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Fossariopsis sinense Yin and Yochelson p. 534 figs. 3S-V

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyNeritopsidaeGray 1847
subfamilyCassianopsinae
genusFossariopsisLaube 1868
speciessinense

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.

†Fossariopsis sinense Yin and Yochelson 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height111.2

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:54:47
Modified: 2007-09-18 10:56:14
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Illyrian or 244.24000 to 241.46400 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) Fossariopsis sinense (31611 type locality: 44255)