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Reishia capensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Thais capensis was named by Saussaye (1852). It is extant.

It was recombined as Reishia capensis by Claremont et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Thais capensis Saussaye
1973Thais capensis Davies p. 762
2011Reishia capensis Claremont et al.

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusReishiaKuroda and Habe 1971
speciescapensis(Saussaye 1852)

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.

Reishia capensis Saussaye 1852
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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58South Africa (Cape) Thais capensis (179484)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117South Africa Thais capensis (122943 122945)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia (Erongo) Thais capensis (124057)