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Nassarius (Catilon) churchi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy

Alectrion churchi was named by Hertlein (1928). Its type specimen is CAS 4149 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Santa Rosa Island, which is in a Miocene coastal horizon in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

It was recombined as Nassarius churchi by Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Nassarius (Catilon) churchi by Addicott (1965).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

N. analogicus, N. coppii, N. diversus, N. gaiae, N. holsaticus, N. iberoclathratus, N. inaequalis, N. italicus, N. kikaizimanus, N. leucops, N. macrodon, N. megastoma, N. mucronatus, N. nuttalli, N. picta, N. plioholsaticus, N. semistriatus, N. syltensis, N. wienrichi, N. karoroensis, N. urupicus, N. karaganicus, N. bimaculatus, N. kiiensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1928	Alectrion churchi Hertlein p. 156 figs. Plate 22, fig. 2
1932	Nassarius churchi Loel and Corey p. 241 figs. Plate 48, figure 2
1965	Nassarius (Catilon) churchi Addicott p. B12

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Nassariidae	Iredale 1916
subfamily	Nassariinae	Iredale 1916
genus	Nassarius	Duméril 1806
subgenus	Catilon
species	churchi	()

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.

†Nassarius (Catilon) churchi Hertlein 1928

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

10 to < 100g

Thickness:

thing

Folds:

noneg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

slow-movingg

Life habit:

semi-infaunalg

Diet:

carnivoreg

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-03-16 09:57:48

Modified:

2018-03-04 20:07:33

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (California)	Alectrion churchi (203414)