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Exilia simiensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae

Taxonomy
Exilia simiensis was named by Bentson (1940). Its type specimen is UCMP 12139 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3296, Devil Canyon, east of Simi Valley, which is in a Ypresian/Lutetian marine siliciclastic in the Llajas Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. crassistria, E. dalli, E. dicersoni, E. narymensis, E. waihaoensis, E. wellmani

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1940Exilia simiensis Bentson p. 211 figs. Pl. 2, figs. 6, 7, 22

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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
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyPtychatractidae
genusExiliaConrad 1860
speciessimiensis

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.

†Exilia simiensis Bentson 1940
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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 Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Exilia simiensis (type locality: 183752)