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Chrysallida scelera

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Taxonomy
Odostomia (Chrysallida) scelera was named by Oldroyd (1925). Its type specimen is USNM 352516 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Nob Hill cut, San Pedro, which is in a Pleistocene marine horizon in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.

It was recombined as Chrysallida scelera by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. locklini, C. obtusa, C. turbonilloides, C. rara

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Odostomia (Chrysallida) scelera Oldroyd pp. 30 - 31 figs. Plate 1, fig. 4
2021Chrysallida scelera Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderPylopulmonataTeasdale 2017
superfamilyPyramidelloidea(Gray 1840)
familyPyramidellidaeGray 1840
subfamilyOdostomiinaeNordsieck 1972
genusChrysallidaCarpenter 1856
speciesscelera()

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.

†Chrysallida scelera Oldroyd 1925
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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 07:35:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:35:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Odostomia scelera (type locality: 138723)