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Anchura (Helicaulax) popenoei

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Anchura (Helicaulax) popenoei was named by Elder and Saul (1996). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11342, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA loc. 5990, French Creek, which is in a Coniacian marine sandstone in the Redding Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Anchura (Helicaulax) popenoei Elder and Saul p. 395 figs. 6.7, 6.11-6.13

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAnchurinae
genusAnchuraGabb 1868
subgenusHelicaulax
speciespopenoei

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.

†Anchura (Helicaulax) popenoei Elder and Saul 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Anchura popenoei (type locality: 3887)