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Pseudaulicina simplex

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Lapparia (Pseudaulicina) simplex was named by Furon (1948). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Togblékové, bed 6, which is in a Thanetian carbonate limestone in Togo.

It was recombined as Pseudaulicina simplex by Adegoke (1977).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1948Lapparia (Pseudaulicina) simplex Furon p. 109 figs. Pl 9, fig 15
1977Pseudaulicina simplex Adegoke p. 201

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutilithinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusPseudaulicina
speciessimplex(Furon 1948)

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.

†Pseudaulicina simplex Furon 1948
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Thanetian or 61.66000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Nigeria Pseudaulicina simplex (7791)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Togo Lapparia simplex (241238)