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Fossarus ambiguus

Gastropoda - Planaxidae

Taxonomy
Turbo ambiguus was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Fossarus ambiguus by Poppe and Goto (1991) and Callapez and Ferreira Soares (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Turbo ambiguus Linnaeus
1991Fossarus ambiguus Poppe and Goto p. 142
2000Fossarus ambiguus Callapez and Ferreira Soares p. 314

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyPlanaxidaeGray 1850
subfamilyFossarinae(Adams 1860)
genusFossarusPhilippi 1841
speciesambiguus(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Fossarus ambiguus Linnaeus 1758
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:13:30
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:13:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Fossarus ambiguus (127581)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Fossarus ambiguus (128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Fossarus ambiguus (122244 122283 122284 122285 122286 122287 122288 122289 122290 122291 122292)