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Nerinea capelloi

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Nerineidae

Taxonomy
Nerinea capelloi was named by Choffat (1888). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dombe-Grande (couches à Nerinea capelloi), which is in an Albian marine sandstone in Angola.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. azteca, N. castor, N. incisa, N. mosae, N. nodosa, N. robusta, N. sculpta, N. tuberculosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Nerinea capelloi Choffat p. 77 figs. Pl 3, figs 15-18
1982Nerinea capelloi Cooper p. 267 fig. 3G,H

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyNerineoideaZittel 1873
familyNerineidaeZittel 1873
subfamilyNerineinaeZittel 1873
genusNerineaDeshayes 1827
speciescapelloi

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.

†Nerinea capelloi Choffat 1888
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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: base of the Early/Lower Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 112.03000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Angola Nerinea capelloi (type locality: 210858 211030)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Angola Nerinea capelloi (210856)