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Coelostylina leighi

Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Taxonomy
Rissoa leighi was named by Brown (1839). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Newtown, River Irk, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal packstone in the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Coelostylina leighi by Dietz (1911), Pattison (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. elatior, C. mandawaensis, C. minuta, C. stockleyi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Rissoa leighi Brown p. 64 figs. Pl 6, figs 9-11
1850Rissoa leighi King p. 208 figs. Pl 16, fig 15
1911Coelostylina leighi Dietz p. 486
1970Coelostylina leighi Pattison p. 143 figs. Pl 20, figs 11,12

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyCoelostylinidaeCossmann 1909
genusCoelostylina
speciesleighi()

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.

†Coelostylina leighi Brown 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height13.00

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: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (England) Coelostylina leighi (208894 208895) Rissoa leighi (type locality: 119882 119884 119885 119886)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Coelostylina leighi (208900)