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Septa landaui

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Septa landaui was named by Beu (2010). Its type specimen is NMB H 17955, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is NMB Loc. 19005 - Río Gurabo [Gurabo Fm], which is in a Messinian/Zanclean marine siliciclastic in the Gurabo Formation of the Dominican Republic.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2010Septa landaui Beu p. 189 figs. pl. 48, figs. 1-2, 4-7, 10

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusSeptaPerry 1810
specieslandaui

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.

†Septa landaui Beu 2010
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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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Zanclean or 23.03000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Septa landaui (92450)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Septa landaui (74958)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Septa landaui (type locality: 136385)