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Varens formosus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Varens formosus was named by Saul and Popenoe (1993). Its type specimen is LACMIP 11579 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1065, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian shoreface sandstone in the Ladd Formation of California. It is the type species of Varens.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Varens formosus Saul and Popenoe p. 380 figs. Figures 131-138

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutoderminaePilsbry and Olsson 1941
genusVarens
speciesformosus

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.

†Varens formosus Saul and Popenoe 1993
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1993A medium-sized, elongate, angulately shoul- dered Varens with about 11 axial ribs per whorl. Surface of shell apparently coated by glaze.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Turonian or 93.90000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Varens formosus (220931 220938)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Varens formosus (type locality: 177715 220935 220939)