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Thais packi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy

Thais packi was named by Clark (1918). Its type specimen is UCMP 11246 and is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Thais (Nucella) packi by Addicott (1970).

Synonyms

Thais (Stramonita) carrizoensis was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31578 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. A501, Carrizo Creek, foothills of La Panza Range, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Thais (Nucella) packi by Addicott (1970).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1918	Thais packi Clark p. 177 figs. pl. 19, figs. 2, 13
1932	Thais (Stramonita) carrizoensis Loel and Corey p. 249 figs. Plate 47, figures 2, 3a, 36
1970	Thais (Nucella) packi Addicott p. 84 figs. Plate 9, figures 1-4, 19

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Muricidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Thais	Röding 1798
species	packi

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.

†Thais packi Clark 1918

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Invalid names: Thais (Stramonita) carrizoensis Loel and Corey 1932 [synonym]

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 08:22:24

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:22:24

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 33.90000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (9 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene	33.9 - 27.3	USA (California)	Thais packi (71187 71190 71193)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (California)	Thais carrizoensis (52418)
Late/Upper Oligocene	27.3 - 23.04	USA (California)	Thais packi (122273)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	Thais carrizoensis (238187 238218 238234 238243)