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Umbilia (Umbilia) angustior

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Cypraea platyrhyncha angustior was named by Pritchard (1896) [= Umbilia sp.—Burgess, 1989: 11, fig D.—Lorenz, 1989: fig. 5.]. Its type specimen is P2671, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is PL 3028 - Cliff between Fossil & 1.5 km northwest towards Table Cape, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Freestone Cove Sandstone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha angustior by Schilder (1935); it was recombined as Umbilia (Umbilia) angustior by Darragh (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Cypraea platyrhyncha angustior Pritchard p. 107 figs. pl. 4, figs 8, 9;
1935Umbilia (Umbilia) platyrhyncha angustior Schilder p. 343
2002Umbilia (Umbilia) angustior Darragh p. 360 figs. 1A; 2G; 3G–I; 4A–I

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyCypraeidaeRafinesque 1815
tribeCypraeorbini(Schilder 1927)
genusUmbilia
subgenusUmbiliaJousseaume 1884
speciesangustior()

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.

†Umbilia (Umbilia) angustior Pritchard 1896
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Aquitanian or 33.90000 to 20.45000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Late/Upper Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Australia (Tasmania) Umbilia angustior (48649)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Australia (Tasmania) Umbilia angustior (28307)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Umbilia angustior (71239 71240 72193 175996 175997 175998 175999)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Tasmania) Umbilia angustior (type locality: 175979)