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Caballasea segmentata

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Caballasea segmentata was named by Devries (2019). Its type specimen is UWBM 107606, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is B8769, which is in a Ypresian coastal sandstone in Peru. It is the type species of Caballasea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2019Caballasea segmentata Devries p. 35 figs. Figure 5(a–e)

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusCaballasea
speciessegmentata

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.

†Caballasea segmentata Devries 2019
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Peru Caballasea segmentata (type locality: 205241)