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Burnupena

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Burnupena was named by Iredale (1918). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Buccinidae by Kensley and Pether (1986).

Species
B. aestus, B. rogersi
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. cincta, B. delalandei, B. lagenaria, B. limbosa, B. papyracea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Burnupena Iredale
1986Burnupena Kensley and Pether p. 181

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBurnupenaIredale 1918

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.

G. †Burnupena Iredale 1918
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†Burnupena aestus Kensley and Pether 1986
†Burnupena rogersi Kensley and Pether 1986
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

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58South Africa (Western Cape) B. papyracea, B. aestus (118317 118318) B. papyracea, B. rogersi (118257)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia B. limbosa, B. lagenaria (122932)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia (Karas) B. delalandei, B. papyracea (124049) B. papyracea (124048)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa B. cincta, B. lagenaria (122945) B. cincta, B. limbosa, B. lagenaria, B. papyracea (122937) B. cincta, B. papyracea (122936) B. limbosa (122934) B. limbosa, B. lagenaria (122933)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129South Africa B. sp. (115185)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) B. cincta, B. lagenaria, B. papyracea (110492)