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Sassia apenninica

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Triton apenninicum was named by Sassi (1827). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Charonia (Sassia).

It was recombined as Charonia (Sassia) apenninica by Cavallo and Repetto (1992); it was recombined as Sassia apenninica by Bellardi (1873), Harasewych and Beu (2007) and Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Eutritonium permutabile, S. monilifera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Triton apenninicum Sassi p. 480
1873Sassia apenninica Bellardi p. 219
1992Charonia (Sassia) apenninica Cavallo and Repetto p. 76
2007Sassia apenninica Harasewych and Beu p. 90
2010Sassia apenninica Beu p. 199

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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
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusSassia(Bellardi 1872)
speciesapenninica(Sassi 1827)

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.

†Sassia apenninica Sassi 1827
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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 Gelasian or 23.03000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada Sassia apenninica (111216)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Charonia apenninica (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania Charonia apenninica (86875)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Charonia apenninica (72310)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Charonia apenninica (72318)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Sassia apenninica (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece Charonia apenninica (72414)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain Sassia apenninica (80561 80562 80563)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Charonia apenninica (178457)