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Contortia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Contortia was named by Sacco (1894). Its type is Cancellaria melanostoma.

It was assigned to Cancellariidae by Brunetti et al. (2008).

Species
C. italica, C. melanostoma
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. contorta

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Contortia Sacco
2008Contortia Brunetti et al. p. 58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
genusContortiaSacco 1894

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.

G. †Contortia Sacco 1894
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†Contortia italica d'Ancona 1872
†Contortia melanostoma Sowerby 1849
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 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.45000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Bordeaux) C. contorta (48660)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany C. sp. (111599)