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Maxwellinatica phillipi

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Maxwellinatica phillipi was named by Beu and Marshall (2011). Its type specimen is NMNZ M.281938, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Elephant Hill Stream, first outcrop behind pine tree on left bank c. 200 m upstr, which is in an Altonian carbonate mudstone in the Mount Harris Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Maxwellinatica phillipi Beu and Marshall pp. 20 - 21 figs. 3A.1-9; 4

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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)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
genusMaxwellinatica
speciesphillipi

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.

†Maxwellinatica phillipi Beu and Marshall 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Altonian or 19.00000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Maxwellinatica phillipi (type locality: 176734)