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Corsania (Januncia) susana

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Corsania (Januncia) susana was named by Saul and Squires (1997). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7890 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN Loc. 969, Santa Susana Mountains, which is in a Ypresian offshore sandstone in the Santa Susana Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Corsania (Januncia) susana Saul and Squires pp. 142 - 143 figs. Figures 28 - 30

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNeritinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCorsaniaVidal 1917
subgenusJanuncia
speciessusana

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.

Corsania (Januncia) susana Saul and Squires 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 1997A Januncia with a strongly noded angulation on the shoulder, middle, and anterior parts of body whorl (middle one the strongest and tuberculate), and two to three weaker noded spiral ribs between adjacent angulations.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-02-28 03:00:43
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:38:05
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Corsania susana (207313 type locality: 207316 207321)