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Aphanoptyxis andersoni

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae

Taxonomy
Aphanoptyxis andersoni was named by Saul and Squires (1998). Its type specimen is CASO 66460.02 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CASG loc. 66460, North Fork Cottonwood Creek, which is in a Hauterivian marine siliciclastic in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Nerinea archimedis Anderson p. 132 figs. pl. 9, fig. 1
1998Aphanoptyxis andersoni Saul and Squires p. 474 figs. Plate2, figures 1-2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyNerineoideaZittel 1873
familyNerineidaeZittel 1873
genusAphanoptyxisCossmann 1896
speciesandersoni

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.

Aphanoptyxis andersoni Saul and Squires 1998
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Invalid names: Nerinea archimedis Anderson 1938 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Hauterivian or 132.90000 to 129.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4USA (California) Aphanoptyxis andersoni, Nerinea archimedis (type locality: 207517) Nerinea archimedis (83590)