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Vatopsis ewae

Gastropoda - Newtoniellidae

Taxonomy
Vatopsis ewae was named by Kaim (2004). Its type specimen is ZPAL Ga.9/63, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Certhiopsidella dautzenbergi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Vatopsis ewae Kaim p. 54 fig. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyNewtoniellidaeKorobkov 1955
subfamilyEumetulinae(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
genusVatopsis(Gründel 1980)
speciesewae

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.

†Vatopsis ewae Kaim 2004
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:29:55
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:29:55
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Valanginian or 137.05000 to 132.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Lodzkie) Vatopsis ewae (64835)