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Athleta (Volutospina) nishimurai

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Athleta (Volutospina) nishimurai Nagao p. 118 figs. Plate XVI, Figs. 20-24

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyAthletinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusAthletaConrad 1853
subgenusVolutospina(Newton 1906)
speciesnishimurai

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.

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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Japan Volutospina nishimurai (71022)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Japan Athleta nishimurai (81227)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Athleta nishimurai (81226 81232) Volutospina nishimurai (70919 70922 70926)