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Gymnarus fraasi

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Pugnellus fraasi 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.

It was recombined as Gymnarus fraasi by Kiel and Bandel (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Pugnellus fraasi Riedel p. 96 figs. Pl 19, figs 1,1a,2,3,4,5; pl 20, figs 5,7,8; pl 31, figs 7,7a,7b,7c
1999Gymnarus fraasi Kiel and Bandel p. 50 figs. 2F-I

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyPugnellinae(Kiel and Bandel 1999)
genusGymnarus
speciesfraasi()

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.

Gymnarus fraasi Riedel 1933
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Early/Lower Campanian or 89.80000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7Cameroon Pugnellus fraasi (type locality: 177976 209692)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Cameroon Pugnellus fraasi (94776)