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Brachysphingus mammilatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Brachysphingus mammilatus was named by Clark and Woodford (1927). Its type specimen is UCMP 31324, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3157, Deer Valley, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in the Meganos Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Brachysphingus mammilatus Clark and Woodford p. 116 figs. Pl 20, figs 8-15
1997Brachysphingus mammilatus Squires p. 856 figs. figs. 5.1-5.14
1999Brachysphingus mammilatus Squires p. 19 figs. Figure 38

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusBrachysphingus
speciesmammilatus

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.

†Brachysphingus mammilatus Clark and Woodford 1927
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Ypresian or 61.66000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Pseudoliva sp. (11117)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Brachysphingus mammilatus (218667)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Brachysphingus mammilatus (189952)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07USA (California) Brachysphingus mammilatus (218469)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Brachysphingus mammilatus (52420 52423 type locality: 52424 52425 52426 52428 52431 52432 207305 207324 218663)