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Pseudoliva lutulenta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy

Pseudoliva lutulenta was named by Kensley and Pether (1986). Its type specimen is SAM-PQ-KN552, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Koingnaas/Swartlintjies 50m Complex, which is in a Pliocene transition zone/lower shoreface mudstone in South Africa.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

P. adelekei, P. carinata, P. cepa, P. crassa, P. curvicostata, P. elisae, P. fissurata, P. forma, P. japonica, P. longicostata, P. mutabilis, P. nana, P. nanafaliaensis, P. nodulosa, P. obtusa, P. ostrarupis, P. ovalis, P. parinaensis, P. poursanensis, P. samanica, P. santander, P. tenuicostata, P. vestusta, P. vetusta, P. vetusta, P. volutaeiformis, P. samanica

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1986	Pseudoliva lutulenta Kensley and Pether p. 193 figs. fig. 30

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Pseudolivinae	Cossmann 1901
genus	Pseudoliva	Swainson 1840
species	lutulenta

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.

†Pseudoliva lutulenta Kensley and Pether 1986

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Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
B. Kensley and J. Pether 1986	Shel1 globose, thick-wal1ed, longer than wide, of 4 whorls. Spire short. Whorl profiles evenly convex; suture somewhat incised. Columel1a cal1us smooth, convex, reaching posteriorly to level of suture, outline evenly convex on inner-lip body whorl; parietal node somewhat elongate, forming shal10w groove-like posterior canal. Base with strong furrow running from shallow sinus in anterior outer lip, around lower body whorl, to midpoint of columella callus; second, less clearly defined groove anterior to strong groove, neither groove marked on inner surface of outer lip.

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: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	South Africa (Western Cape)	Pseudoliva lutulenta (type locality: 118306)