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Pyropsis gabbi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae

Taxonomy
Heteroterma gabbi was named by Stanton (1896). Its type specimen is USNM 158731, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS loc. 4192, Herndon Creek, which is in a Selandian coastal sandstone in the Martinez Formation of California.

It was recombined as Pyropsis gabbi by Saul (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. kochi, P. zelandica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Heteroterma gabbi Stanton p. 1046 figs. pl. 67, fig. 5
1983Heteroterma gabbi Zinsmeister p. 1299
1988Pyropsis gabbi Saul p. 885 figs. Figures 2.3, 3.26-3.30, 3.33-3.34

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyPyrifusoideaBandel and Dockery 2001
familyPyropsidaeStephenson 1941
genusPyropsis(Conrad 1860)
speciesgabbi()

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.

†Pyropsis gabbi Stanton 1896
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul 1988Pyropsis with strong, short axial ribs about pe­ riphery overridden by four narrow spiral ribs; inner lip relatively narrow and appressed; columella with bend at base of anterior siphon.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Middle Eocene or 66.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) Pyropsis gabbi (190798 220447)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (California) Heteroterma gabbi (194097)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24USA (California) Pyropsis gabbi (220448)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Heteroterma gabbi (190800)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Heteroterma gabbi (205398 220451 239601)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Heteroterma gabbi (239705)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Mexico (Baja California Sur) Heteroterma gabbi (43758)