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Colus sekiuensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Colus sekiuensis was named by Kiel and Goedert (2007). Its type specimen is UWBM 97933, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Murdock Creek, which is in a Rupelian deep-water siltstone in the Pysht Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2007Colus sekiuensis Kiel and Goedert p. 43 figs. Fig. 3D, E

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusColusRöding 1798
speciessekiuensis

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.

Colus sekiuensis Kiel and Goedert 2007
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Priabonian to the top of the Chattian or 38.00000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Colus sekiuensis (205032)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1USA (Washington) Colus sekiuensis (199540 205035)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Washington) Colus sekiuensis (type locality: 58964 205033)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03USA (Washington) Colus sekiuensis (205034)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Colus sekiuensis (91624 160141)