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Provanna alexi

Gastropoda - Provannidae

Taxonomy
Provanna alexi was named by Amano and Little (2014). Its type specimen is JUE 15905-2, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shosanbetsu: Whale Fall Community, which is in a Langhian basinal (siliciclastic) siltstone in the Chikubetsu Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. nakagawensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2014Provanna alexi Amano and Little p. 166 figs. Fig. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyAbyssochrysoideaTomlin 1927
familyProvannidaeWarén and Ponder 1991
genusProvannaDall 1918
speciesalexi

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.

†Provanna alexi Amano and Little 2014
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Langhian or 15.97000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) Provanna alexi (type locality: 46585)