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Elimia veatchii

Gastropoda - Pleuroceridae

Taxonomy
Turritella veatchii was named by Gabb (1864). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is "Chico beds" - Tuscan Springs, Tehama, which is in a Coniacian coastal siliciclastic in California.

It was recombined as Elimia veatchii by Stewart (1927).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. floridensis, E. sylvaerupsis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Turritella veatchii Gabb p. 133 figs. PI. 20, Fig. 90
1927Elimia veatchii Stewart p. 346 figs. Plate XXI, fig. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPleuroceridaeThiele 1929
genusElimiaAdams and Adams 1858
speciesveatchii()

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.

†Elimia veatchii Gabb 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Late/Upper Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Turritella veatchii (44232)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Elimia veatchii (86819)