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Aforia clallamensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae

Taxonomy
Turris clallamensis was named by Weaver (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UW 258, which is in a Miocene marine horizon in Washington.

It was recombined as Leucosyrinx clallamensis by Tegland (1933); it was recombined as Aforia clallamensis by Durham (1944), Moore (1963).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Turris clallamensis Weaver p. 52
1933Leucosyrinx clallamensis Tegland pp. 123 - 124 figs. Pl. 10, figs. 3, 4
1944Aforia clallamensis Durham p. 184
1963Aforia clallamensis Moore p. 47 figs. Plate 10, figures 16, 18

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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)
familyCochlespiridae(Powell 1942)
genusAforiaDall 1889
speciesclallamensis()

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.

†Aforia clallamensis Weaver 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 27.30000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Aforia clallamensis (208169)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Aforia clallamensis (52357 52362)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (Washington) Turris clallamensis (type locality: 241831)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Aforia clallamensis (39588)