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Eripachya ponderosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Neptunea ponderosa was named by Gabb (1864). Its type specimen is ANSP 4186 (lectotype) and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Chico beds" - Tuscan Springs, Tehama, which is in a Coniacian coastal siliciclastic in California. It is the type species of Neptunea.

It was recombined as Eripachya ponderosa by Gabb (1869), Stewart (1927), Saul and Popenoe (1993).

Entered
by J. Marcot on 2019-03-15; modified by J. Marcot on 2019-12-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Neptunea ponderosa Gabb p. 88 figs. pi. 18, fig. 38
1869Eripachya ponderosa Gabb p. 149
1927Eripachya ponderosa Stewart pp. 425 - 426 figs. Plate XX, fig. 9
1993Eripachya ponderosa Saul and Popenoe p. 365 figs. Figures 49-54

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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
subfamilyBuccininaeRafinesque 1815
genusEripachya
speciesponderosa()

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.

†Eripachya ponderosa Gabb 1864
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Neptunea ponderosa (44232)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Eripachya ponderosa (239772)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Eripachya ponderosa (1523 1528)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Eripachya ponderosa (176363)