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Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni

Gastropoda - Cypraeidae

Taxonomy
Ovula hantkeni was named by Lefèvre (1878). Its type specimen is U.P.M.C., T. 5001-001, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Monte Postale (Hébert collection), which is in a Ypresian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Vicetia hantkeni by Fabiani (1905) and Dolin and Dolin (1983); it was recombined as Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni by Dolin and Ledon (2002) and Dolin and Pacaud (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Ovula hantkeni Lefèvre pp. 33-35 figs. pl. 7, fig. 1, pl. 8, fig. 1.
1905Vicetia hantkeni Fabiani pp. 150-156 figs. text.-figs. 1-5, pl. 3, fig. 4-4a
1983Vicetia hantkeni Dolin and Dolin pp. 24 - 26 figs. 7 - 8
2002Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni Dolin and Ledon p. 344
2009Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni Dolin and Pacaud p. 282 figs. Pl. I, fig. 1-2, Pl. II-III, fig. 1

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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
subfamilyBernayinaeSchilder 1927
genusGisortiaJousseaume 1884
subgenusVicetia(Fabiani 1905)
specieshantkeni(Lefèvre 1878)

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.

Gisortia (Vicetia) hantkeni Lefèvre 1878
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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: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Vicetia hantkeni (94693 183747 183750)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Italy Ovula hantkeni (183754)