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Exilia fausta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae

Taxonomy
Exilia fausta was named by Anderson and Hanna (1925). Its type specimen is CAS 820 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 245, Grapevine Canyon, which is in an Eocene marginal marine sandstone/shale in the Tejon Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Exilia fausta Anderson and Hanna p. 57 figs. pl. 8, figs. 8, 9
1940Exilia fausta Bentson p. 214 figs. Pl. 3, fig. 14

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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
speciesfausta

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 fausta Anderson and Hanna 1925
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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: Bartonian or 41.03000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Exilia dickersoni (type locality: 207113)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene48.07 - 33.9USA (California) Exilia fausta (239769)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) Exilia fausta (52827)