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Praesargana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Sarganidae

Taxonomy

Praesargana was named by Saul and Popenoe (1993).

It was assigned to Sarganidae by Saul and Popenoe (1993); and to Sarganinae by Saul (1996).

Species

P. argentea, P. condoni, P. confraga, P. kennedyi

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1993	Praesargana Saul and Popenoe p. 360
1996	Praesargana Saul pp. 129 - 131

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
family	Sarganidae	Stephenson 1923
subfamily	Sarganinae	(Stephenson 1923)
genus	Praesargana

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.

G. †Praesargana Saul and Popenoe 1993

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†Praesargana argentea Saul 1996

†Praesargana condoni White 1889

†Praesargana confraga Saul 1996

†Praesargana kennedyi Saul 1996

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1993	Small, very low-spired sarganids with mod- erate, lacinate anterior siphon, and a shallow umbilical depression bounded by a roughened fasciole. Outer lip bearing a tubercle opposite the spiral fold of the inner lip. Siphonal canal short and bent to the left.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobileo

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

carnivoreo

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2004-02-29 11:41:42

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:56:35

Source: o = order, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (14 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	P. argentea (220941 239927 239928) P. condoni (215288) P. confraga (220930 220931) P. kennedyi (220938 239925)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	P. argentea (239926) P. condoni (219066 222108) P. confraga (220939) P. kennedyi (220935) Trophon condoni (44201)