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Nerita (Amphinerita) eos

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Nerita (Amphinerita) eos was named by Saul and Squires (1997). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7880, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 26600, Blanchard Flat, which is in a Hauterivian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Budden Canyon Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1997Nerita (Amphinerita) eos Saul and Squires pp. 133 - 136 figs. Figures 3 - 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNeritinaeRafinesque 1815
genusNeritaLinnaeus 1758
subgenusAmphineritaMartens 1887
specieseos

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Nerita (Amphinerita) eos Saul and Squires 1997
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 1997An Amphinerita with broad, flat, and smooth deck and smooth inner lip.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-02-28 03:00:43
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:38:05
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Hauterivian or 132.60000 to 125.77000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77USA (California) Nerita eos (type locality: 220302)