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Exilia weaveri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ptychatractidae

Taxonomy
Exilia weaveri was named by Dickerson (1917). Its type specimen is CAS 410 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 181, Cowlitz River, 4mi E. of Vader, which is in an Eocene coastal sandstone/conglomerate in Washington.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Exilia weaveri Dickerson p. 160 figs. pl. 30, figs. 1a, b
1938Exilia weaveri Effinger pp. 386 - 387
1940Exilia weaveri Bentson pp. 216 - 217 figs. Pl. 1, figs. 11, 18

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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
speciesweaveri

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 weaveri Dickerson 1917
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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: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Exilia weaveri (type locality: 4900)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Exilia weaveri (40733)