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Epitonium (Cirsotrema) posoensis

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Epitonium posoensis was named by Anderson and Martin (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 144 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Epitonium (Cirsotrema) posoensis by Durham (1937).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Cirsotrema acutum, Cirsotrema bourdoty, Cirsotrema claibornense, Cirsotrema cochlea, Cirsotrema cortezi, Cirsotrema cossmanni, Cirsotrema creolum, Cirsotrema crispata, Cirsotrema crispatum, Cirsotrema ertborni, Cirsotrema fimbriosum, Cirsotrema firmatum, Cirsotrema jinnahi, Cirsotrema koeneni, Cirsotrema kuriensis, Cirsotrema lyratum, Cirsotrema nielseni, Cirsotrema ranellinum, Cirsotrema rugulosa, Cirsotrema seguenzai, Cirsotrema subspinosum, Cirsotrema undulatum, Cirsotrema zelebori, Cirsotrema brevicula, Cirsotrema lyratum, Cirsotrema pumiceum, Cirsotrema sallomacense, Cirsotrema sallomacense, Cirsotrema zitteli, Cirsotrema tamanense, Cirsotrema bourdoty, Cirsotrema briarti, Cirsotrema claibornense, Cirsotrema lineatum, Cirsotrema nasssulum, Cirsotrema newtonense, Cirsotrema newtonensis, Cirsotrema nsssulum, Cirsotrema ranellinum, Cirsotrema spillmani, Cirsotrema spillmani, Cirsotrema ertborni, Cirsotrema scaberrimum, Cirsotrema bouillei, Cirsotrema turbonillaeforme, Cirsotrema laubrierei, Cirsotrema youngi, E. aculeatum, E. acuminiense, E. acutum, E. annulatum, E. apiculatum, E. azumana, E. bellastriata, E. brocherti, E. cantrainei, E. carolinae, E. cercadicum, E. chamberlaini, E. championi, E. charlestonense, E. clathratulum, E. commune, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. denticulatum, E. dignitate, E. dolosum, E. duplinianum, E. expectatum, E. exquisitum, E. fargoi, E. foliaceicostum, E. fractum, E. frondiculoides, E. gabbi, E. helikum, E. humphreysi, E. imperiale, E. jani, E. junceum, E. kingae, E. kraussi, E. leroyi, E. lineata, E. lineolatum, E. lobrosa, E. merignacense, E. mesogonium, E. minuticosta, E. minutissimum, E. multiliniferum, E. munistriatum, E. muricatum, E. novangliae, E. pongensis, E. potomacense, E. replicatum, E. reticulatum, E. riparum, E. rocheri, E. rugolosa, E. rugulosa, E. sakuraii, E. sayanum, E. scalare, E. sculptatum, E. spiniferum, E. spinosum, E. striatissimum, E. subacutum, E. subscalaris, E. tenuiliratum, E. tenuistriatum, E. teuistriatum, E. textuvestitum, E. turtonis, E. undosum, E. vetustum, E. virginiae, E. virginianum, E. paytens, E. chubutinum, E. dupliniana, E. gabbi, E. laguairense, E. marenum, E. novangliae, E. quirogai, E. rohri, E. rushii, E. sericifilum, E. tonni, E. venezuelense, E. cooperense, E. emydoneus, E. condoni, E. condoni, E. groenlandica, E. schencki, E. yabei, E. linoe, E. linoe, E. suboptima, E. clathrus, E. okinavensis, E. revoltum, E. revolutum, E. auritum, E. eucteanum, E. kingae, E. charitopolos, E. cingolanii, E. foliaceicostatum, E. foliaceicostum, E. foliaceicostum, E. foliaceiscostatum, E. humphreysi, E. krebsii, E. leptosomum, E. maturense, E. replicata, E. unifasciatum, E. venosum, E. cionei, E. mcglameriae, E. perplexum, E. carolinae, E. fasciatum, E. junceum, E. aduncum, E. ventulum, E. lepta, E. pratti, E. robesonense, E. gabbi, E. virginiae, E. subexpansum, E. witfieldi, Scala bourgeois, Scala peyroti, Scala subspinosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Epitonium posoensis Anderson and Martin p. 68 figs. pl. 7, fig. 10
1937Epitonium (Cirsotrema) posoensis Durham p. 492

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumMörch 1852
subgenusCirsotrema
speciesposoensis()

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.

Epitonium (Cirsotrema) posoensis Anderson and Martin 1914
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Epitonium posoensis (237346)