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Pyropsis grahami

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae

Taxonomy
Pyropsis grahami was named by Squires (2011). Its type specimen is RBCM EH2011.001.0001 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is West side of Inland Highway (locality 1), which is in a Campanian marine siliciclastic in the Pender Formation of Canada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Pyropsis grahami Squires pp. 1208 - 1210 figs. Figure 3.4-3.9

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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
superfamilyPyrifusoideaBandel and Dockery 2001
familyPyropsidaeStephenson 1941
genusPyropsis(Conrad 1860)
speciesgrahami

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.

Pyropsis grahami Squires 2011
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Squires 2011Pyropsis with shell size medium. Subnapiform. Suture canaliculated with strong subsutural welt. Last whorl bicarinate with elongated nodes. Shell otherwise smooth except for spiral threads in interspaces between carinae
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: Early/Lower Campanian or 83.60000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (British Columbia) Pyropsis grahami (type locality: 212864)