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Ophiodermella graciosana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Drillia graciosana was named by Arnold (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 165309, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS loc. 4476, Graciosa Ridge, which is in a Gelasian offshore sandstone in the Careaga Sandstone Formation of California.

It was recombined as Moniliopsis graciosana by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Ophiodermella graciosana by Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Drillia graciosana Arnold p. 430 figs. PI. LIV, fig. 1b
1931Moniliopsis graciosana Grant, IV and Gale p. 569 figs. Plate 26, Figures 12, 13
1950Drillia graciosana Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
2020Ophiodermella graciosana Hendy

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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)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusOphiodermellaBartsch 1944
speciesgraciosana()

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.

†Ophiodermella graciosana Arnold 1908
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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 Zanclean to the top of the Gelasian or 5.33300 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58USA (California) Drillia graciosana (238420)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Drillia mercedensis (220196 220198)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) Ophiodermella graciosana (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Drillia mercedensis (216864 220029)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Ophiodermella graciosana (96571 96573 96574)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Turris mercedensis (186031)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Drillia graciosana (189762 207666 207667 207668 207669 207671 207672 207673 207674 207701 207762)