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Faunus beyenburgi

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Faunus beyenburgi was named by Riedel (1933). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Near Bombe, Mungo River, which is in a Coniacian carbonate limestone in the Mungo River Formation of Cameroon.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Faunus beyenburgi Riedel p. 88 figs. Pl 22, figs 4,12,12a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
genusFaunusMontfort 1810
speciesbeyenburgi

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.

Faunus beyenburgi Riedel 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:09
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:09
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Coniacian or 89.80000 to 85.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Faunus beyenburgi (type locality: 177976)