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Solenosteira merriami

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Solenosteira merriami was named by Loel and Corey (1932). Its type specimen is UCMP 31595 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3676, south of summit of Reliz-Vaqueros Creek road, which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Vaqueros Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. alternata, S. macrospira, S. mengeana, S. mulepenensis, S. pallida

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1932Solenosteira merriami Loel and Corey p. 242 figs. Plate 49, figures 2a, 2b, 3, 4a, 4b

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPisaniinaeGray 1857
genusSolenosteiraDall 1890
speciesmerriami

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.

†Solenosteira merriami Loel and Corey 1932
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Solenosteira merriami (238217 238261 type locality: 238262)