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Anchura phaba

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy

Anchura phaba was named by Elder and Saul (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 468578 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic M8611, east of Pigeon Point, which is in a Campanian transition zone/lower shoreface sandstone in the Pigeon Point Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. americana, A. bakeri, A. besairiei, A. bexarensis, A. catedralis, A. chapelvillensis, A. coffea, A. corniculata, A. glabra, A. grouti, A. hopii, A. lamari, A. marginata, A. modesta, A. noakensis, A. parkinsoni, A. pergracilis, A. raritanensis, A. robinaldina, A. rostrata, A. schweinfurthi, A. sucrensis, A. turricula, A. whitneyensis, A. zululandiae, A. denticulata, A. quadrilirata, A. bailyi, A. robinaldina

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1996	Anchura phaba Elder and Saul p. 388 figs. 5.1-5.13

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Aporrhaidae	Gray 1850
genus	Anchura	Conrad 1860
species	phaba

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.

†Anchura phaba Elder and Saul 1996

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobileg

Life habit:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

detritivoreg

Diet 2:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2004-02-29 18:33:39

Modified:

2009-09-18 12:16:47

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (13 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Anchura phaba (185157)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Anchura phaba (185171 185172 185176)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Anchura phaba (72057 185168)
Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Anchura falciformis (type locality: 144762) Anchura phaba (185174 185177 185178 185179 219078)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (California)	Anchura phaba (215264)