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Proterato neozelanica

Gastropoda - Eratoidae

Taxonomy
Erato neozelanica was named by Murdoch (1924). It is the type species of Proterato.

It was replaced with Proterato (Proterato) awamoana by Schilder (1933); it was recombined as Proterato neozelandica by Gage (1957); it was recombined as Lachryma (Proterato) neozelanica by Cernohorsky (1971); it was recombined as Proterato neozelanica by Schilder (1927), Beu et al. (1990).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. sulcerato

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1924Erato neozelanica Murdoch p. 160 figs. pl. 10, fig. 4
1927Proterato neozelanica Schilder
1957Proterato neozelandica Gage
1971Lachryma (Proterato) neozelanica Cernohorsky p. 107 fig. 3
1990Proterato neozelanica Beu et al. p. 193 figs. PI. 20 j

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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)
familyEratoidaeGill 1871
subfamilyEratoinaeGill 1871
genusProteratoSchilder 1927
speciesneozelanica(Murdoch 1924)

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.

†Proterato neozelanica Murdoch 1924
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:50:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:50:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Waitakian to the top of the Altonian or 25.20000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand Proterato neozelanica (179299)
Waitakian25.2 - 21.7New Zealand (North Otago) Proterato neozelanica (45664)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (Canterbury) Proterato neozelanica (179298)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Proterato neozelandica (67897)