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Surcula washingtoniana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Fasciolaria washingtoniana was named by Weaver (1912).

It was recombined as Surcula washingtoniana by Anderson and Hanna (1925); it was recombined as Nekewis washingtoniana by Turner (1938), Hickman (1976).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. inarata, S. miqueli, S. koeneni, S. camposi, Turris djiki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Fasciolaria washingtoniana Weaver p. 52
1925Surcula washingtoniana Anderson and Hanna
1938Nekewis washingtoniana Turner p. 70
1976Nekewis washingtoniana Hickman p. 53

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusSurculaSchumacher 1817
specieswashingtoniana()

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.

†Surcula washingtoniana Weaver 1912
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Oregon) Nekewis washingtoniana (200795)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Surcula washingtoniana (207113)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Nekewis washingtoniana (52205 52206 203164) Surcula washingtoniana (139020)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Oregon) Nekewis washingtoniana (201047 201050)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (California) Surcula washingtoniana (122340)