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Cerithiopsis orovillensis

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy

Cerithiopsis orovillensis was named by Dickerson (1916).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. albovitalum, C. alveolata, C. bicolor, C. columna, C. exilis, C. fayalensis, C. galapagensis, C. grippi, C. lata, C. lottae, C. maresi, C. minima, C. pseudomanzonii, C. regularicostata, C. sohli, C. trigeminata, C. unisulcata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1916	Cerithiopsis orovillensis Dickerson p. 489 figs. Plate 39, figure 7

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Triphoroidea	Gray 1847
family	Cerithiopsidae	Adams and Adams 1853
genus	Cerithiopsis	Hanley 1849
species	orovillensis

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.

†Cerithiopsis orovillensis Dickerson 1916

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:29:25

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:29:25

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (California)	Cerithiopsis orovillensis (78722)