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Admetula zalayana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Admetula zalayana was named by Jung and Petit (1990). Its type specimen is NMB H 17343, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 1227, Río Amina [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian shallow subtidal siliciclastic in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Admetula zalayana Jung and Petit figs. pl. 29, figs. 9-12

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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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
genusAdmetulaCossmann 1889
specieszalayana

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.

Admetula zalayana Jung and Petit 1990
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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 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Messinian or 7.24600 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Admetula zalayana (type locality: 89564)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Admetula zalayana (74967)