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Zaclys nuetzeli

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy
Zaclys nuetzeli was named by Lauridsen and Schnetler (2014) [Zaclys? nuetzeli]. Its type specimen is MGUH 3172, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Baunekule, which is in a Danian basin reef rudstone/floatstone in the Danian Limestone Formation of Denmark.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Zaclys nuetzeli Lauridsen and Schnetler pp. 117 - 118

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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)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyCerithiopsidaeAdams and Adams 1853
subfamilyCerithiopsinaeAdams and Adams 1853
genusZaclysFinlay 1927
speciesnuetzeli

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.

Zaclys nuetzeli Lauridsen and Schnetler 2014
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
B. W. Lauridsen and K. I. Schnetler 2014A Zaclys? with a protoconch consisting of c. five whorls with axial ribs and no spirals on the last whorl. The teleoconch has c. 12 axial ribs. The shell is slender and turriculate with a height/width ratio of c. 3.0. The protoconch has six convex whorls, separated by a distinct suture. The first three whorls are smooth and the two terminal whorls have a spiral keel under the middle of the whorl and axial ribs at the adapical suture. The transition into the teleoconch is sharp. The teleoconch whorls are convex and separated by a distinct suture. The spiral ornament consists of four spirals, of which the adapical is weak and situated under the adapical suture. The abapical spiral is weak and situated above the abapical suture and partly covered by the following whorl. The two medium spirals are of almost equal strength and run across 12 axial ribs on each whorl. The knobs on the two spirals are rather weak. The base is smooth. The aperture is rounded rectangular and the canal is short.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:29:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Zaclys nuetzeli (type locality: 176994)