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Ptychosyrinx facula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Ptychosyrinx facula was named by Hickman (1976). Its type specimen is USNM 216447 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Columbia (USGS 25031) - Hickman (1980), which is in a Priabonian deep-water siltstone/mudstone in the Keasey Formation of Oregon.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. timorensis, P. timorensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1976Ptychosyrinx facula Hickman p. 91 figs. Plate 7, Figs. 2-5, 7, 9, 12
1980Ptychosyrinx facula Hickman p. 81

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusPtychosyrinxThiele 1925
speciesfacula

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.

†Ptychosyrinx facula Hickman 1976
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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 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Priabonian or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Oregon) Ptychosyrinx facula (39948 40182 type locality: 40192 40193 40194 40197 40199 40202 40204 207529 207531 207532)