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Goniobasis leslieae

Gastropoda - Pleuroceridae

Taxonomy
Goniobasis leslieae was named by Firby (1966). Its type specimen is UCMP 37885, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1966Goniobasis leslieae Firby p. 466 figs. 19, 20

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPleuroceridaeThiele 1929
genusGoniobasisLea
speciesleslieae

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.

Goniobasis leslieae Firby 1966
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. R. Firby 1966Shell imperforate, elongate, conical; spire high, gradually tapered to apex, with spire angle of 12° to 16°; 8 to 10 markedly convex whorls; early whorls with sculpture of slightly raised axial ribs, intersected by faint spiral threads; apical whorl distinguished by a peripheral angulation two-thirds of distance from preceding suture; whorls marked by opisthocyrt, crowded, hicadlikf .urowtli lines, becoming sigmoidal on Itody whorl; aperture ovoid, slightly oblique; inner lip reflexed, callused; outer lip not expanded, continuous; sutures linear, slightly grooved; basal portion of body whorl convex.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available