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Vatusila eniwetokensis

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Charopidae

Taxonomy
Ptychodon eniwetokensis was named by Ladd (1958). Its type specimen is USNM 562091, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Hole K-1B, 820-831 ft depth, Engibi, Eniwetok Atoll, which is in a Miocene terrestrial limestone in the Marshall Islands.

It was recombined as Vatusila eniwetokensis by Solem (1982).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Ptychodon eniwetokensis Ladd p. 190 figs. Pl 30, figs 9-12
1982Vatusila eniwetokensis Solem p. 195 fig. 85e,f

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
RankNameAuthor
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderEupulmonata(Haszprunar and Huber 1990)
suborderGeophila(Férussac 1819)
orderStylommatophora(Schmidt 1856)
suborderHelicina
superfamilyPunctoideaMorse 1864
familyCharopidaeHutton 1884
subfamilyCharopinaeHutton 1884
genusVatusila
specieseniwetokensis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.63000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Ptychodon eniwetokensis (type locality: 209762)