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Surcula fairbanksi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Surcula fairbanksi was named by Dickerson (1914). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 1540, Stewartville, which is in a Selandian marine sandstone in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. inarata, S. miqueli, S. koeneni, S. camposi, Turris djiki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Surcula fairbanksi Dickerson p. 148 figs. plate 16, fig. 12

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusSurculaSchumacher 1817
speciesfairbanksi

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.

†Surcula fairbanksi Dickerson 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Selandian or 61.60000 to 59.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) Surcula fairbanksi (type locality: 184016)