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Coptostoma punjabense

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Coptostoma punjabense was named by Eames (1952). Its type specimen is BMNH G.68334, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fossil Bed F.1995, Rakhi Nala, which is in a Bartonian marine shale in the Drazinda Formation of Pakistan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. notopolaris

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1952Coptostoma punjabense Eames p. 118 figs. Pl 5, figs 106, 107a,b

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusCoptostomaCossmann 1899
speciespunjabense

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.

†Coptostoma punjabense Eames 1952
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Coptostoma punjabense (8676 type locality: 183819 183853)