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Neritaria dicosmoides

Gastropoda - Neritariidae

Taxonomy
Neritaria dicosmoides was named by Haas (1953). Its type specimen is AMNH 27180:98 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Cerro de Pasco area, Ninacaca, loc. 86, which is in a Rhaetian marine limestone in Peru.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. cassiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Neritaria dicosmoides Haas p. 163 figs. Pl 9, figs 33,39,43,44,47,48,53,54; pl 10, figs 1-7,9,29,32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritariidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyNeritariinaeWenz 1938
genusNeritariaKoken 1892
speciesdicosmoides

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.

†Neritaria dicosmoides Haas 1953
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height703.651.4011.13.731.71

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:36:06
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:38:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhaetian or 205.70000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Peru Neritaria dicosmoides (68125 68128)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Peru Neritaria dicosmoides (68116 type locality: 68119 68146 68147 68148)