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Spirotropis washingtonensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Spirotropis washingtonensis was named by Etherington (1931). Its type specimen is UCMP 32042 and is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Spirotropis washingtonensis Etherington p. 113 figs. Plate 14, figures 8, 22 , 34
1963Spirotropis washingtonensis Moore p. 46 figs. Plate 9, figures 7, 8; plate 10, figures 1, 2

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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)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusSpirotropisSars 1878
specieswashingtonensis

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.

Spirotropis washingtonensis Etherington 1931
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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 Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.45000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) Spirotropis washingtonensis (39805)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Spirotropis washingtonensis (39606 39698)