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Neptunea (Sulcosipho) eatoni

Gastropoda - Neptuneidae

Taxonomy
Neptunea (Sulcosipho) eatoni was named by Grant, IV and Quayle (1934). Its type specimen is UCLA 3385, a shell, and it is a cast. Its type locality is UCLA Loc. 477, Earnest's Canyon, Caliente Mountains, which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Temblor Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Neptunea (Sulcosipho) eatoni Grant, IV and Quayle p. 92 figs. Text figures 1, 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
familyNeptuneidaeStimpson 1865
genusNeptuneaRöding 1798
subgenusSulcosipho(Dall 1916)
specieseatoni

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Neptunea (Sulcosipho) eatoni Grant, IV and Quayle 1934
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Neptunea eatoni (type locality: 207917)