Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Entomope semipunctata

Gastropoda - Elachisinidae

Taxonomy
Entomope semipunctata was named by Jeffery and Tracey (1997). Its type specimen is BMNH GG 14542, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Barnea bed, Bursledon Brickworks, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in the London Clay Formation of the United Kingdom.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Entomope semipunctata Jeffery and Tracey p. 91 figs. Pl 7, fig 7

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyElachisinidaePonder 1985
genusEntomopeCossmann 1888
speciessemipunctata

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.

Entomope semipunctata Jeffery and Tracey 1997
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Entomope semipunctata (3266 type locality: 3267)