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Scaphander washingtonensis

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchiata - Cylichnidae

Taxonomy

Scaphander washingtonensis was named by Weaver (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Galvin Station, which is in a Chattian offshore sandstone in the Lincoln Creek Formation of Washington.

Subspecies

S. goodspeedi, S. gordoni

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. alabamensis, S. altavillensis, S. ballista, S. ballistus, S. brongniarti, S. cosmophillus, S. cosmophilus, S. edwardsii, S. fortisi, S. fortisii, S. grateloupi, S. hilgardi, S. ickei, S. impuctatus, S. impuncatatus, S. komitica, S. langdoni, S. lignarius, S. lignarus, S. ligniticus, S. panaulax, S. paraensis, S. parisiensis, S. potomacensis, S. primus, S. rhenanus, S. richardsi, S. tarbelliana, S. watsoni, S. cryus, S. cyrus, S. grateloupi, S. lignarius

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Scaphander washingtonensis Weaver p. 56 figs. Plate V, Fig. 68
1933	Scaphander washingtonensis Tegland p. 123
1944	Scaphander washingtonensis Durham p. 190

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
order	Opisthobranchiata	(Milne-Edwards 1848)
order	Cephalaspidea	Fischer 1883
superfamily	Philinoidea	Gray 1850
family	Cylichnidae	Adams 1850
genus	Scaphander	Monfort 1810
species	washingtonensis

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.

†Scaphander washingtonensis Weaver 1916

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†Scaphander washingtonensis gordoni Tegland 1933

†Scaphander washingtonensis goodspeedi Effinger 1938

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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 07:31:23

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:31:23

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 41.03000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (16 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Washington)	Scaphander washingtonensis (52204 52205 52206)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Scaphander washingtonensis (40733)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Washington)	Scaphander washingtonensis (180419)
Oligocene	33.9 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	Scaphander washingtonensis (96017 96709 101087)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	Canada (British Columbia)	Scaphander gordoni (206743)
Chattian	27.3 - 23.04	USA (Washington)	Scaphander gordoni (91614 91615 208161) Scaphander washingtonensis (52356 52362 type locality: 52380)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (Washington)	Scaphander washingtonensis (241805)