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Pyramidella (Longchaeus) cooperi

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Taxonomy

Pyramidella cooperi was named by Anderson and Martin (1914). Its type specimen is CAS 136 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 65, northeast of Barker's Ranch, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Temblor Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pyramidella (Longchaeus) cooperi by Addicott (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Longchaeus canaliculata, Longchaeus candidus, Longchaeus crenulata, Longchaeus diademata, Longchaeus suturalis, P. adamsi, P. aganea, P. arionis, P. bastropensis, P. bataviana, P. calvimontana, P. canaliculata, P. cercadensis, P. cincta, P. crenuata, P. dalli, P. diademata, P. dolabrata, P. dolabrata, P. elenensis, P. filamentosa, P. inaspecta, P. olssoni, P. perexilis, P. pirum, P. plicosa, P. propeacicula, P. propinqua, P. pseudopygmaea, P. pseudopymaea, P. semicanaliculata, P. turrita, P. unisulcata, P. vaderensis, P. daidemata, P. jamaicensis, P. filamentosa, P. perexilis, P. anita, P. obtusoides, P. elenensis, P. larvata, P. djunggranganensis, P. vanuaensis, P. fastigum, P. junghuhni, P. karangensis, P. kelirensis, P. nanggulanica, P. plicosa, P. dalli, P. mitchelliana, P. pirum, P. pirum, P. propeacicula, P. vaderensis, P. olssoni, P. chavani, P. cossmanni, P. lapinaria, P. plicosa, P. elata, P. plicosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1914	Pyramidella cooperi Anderson and Martin p. 66 figs. Plat e 7, figures 18a and 18b
1970	Pyramidella (Longchaeus) cooperi Addicott p. 142 figs. Plate 21, figures 1-3

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

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Euthyneura	(Spengel 1881)
—	Tectipleura	Schrödl et al. 2011
—	Panpulmonata	Jörger et al. 2010
superorder	Pylopulmonata	Teasdale 2017
superfamily	Pyramidelloidea	(Gray 1840)
family	Pyramidellidae	Gray 1840
genus	Pyramidella	Mörch 1875
subgenus	Longchaeus
species	cooperi	()

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.

†Pyramidella (Longchaeus) cooperi Anderson and Martin 1914

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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 07:35:11

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:35:11

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Langhian or 23.04000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	Pyramidella cooperi (237346)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	USA (California)	Pyramidella cooperi (206393)