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Aporrhais gregaria

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy

Aporrhais gregaria was named by Wilckens (1907).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

A. acuta, A. alata, A. aldrichi, A. bailyi, A. bicarinatus, A. bicornis, A. callosa, A. carinella, A. cingulata, A. columbellina, A. couloni, A. dupini, A. dupiniana, A. ebersini, A. elegans, A. etalloni, A. forbesi, A. fourneli, A. granulosa, A. haudnervatus, A. hopei, A. jaccardi, A. lirata, A. luganicus, A. marginata, A. megaloptera, A. menthafontis, A. meridionalis, A. muleti, A. musca, A. nadjini, A. najdini, A. nuptialis, A. obtusa, A. orbignyana, A. oxydactylus, A. parkinsoni, A. peralata, A. pespelecani, A. pespeleeani, A. pictetiana, A. potomacensis, A. pseudo-subulata, A. pyriformis, A. robinaldina, A. rouxii, A. sanctae-crucis, A. scaldensis, A. sowerbyi, A. subfusiformis, A. triangulata, A. triboleti, A. uttingerianus, A. valangiensis, A. zignoi, A. alata, A. rumelicus, A. uttigerianus, A. subgibbosus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1907	Aporrhais gregaria Wilckens

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Aporrhaidae	Gray 1850
subfamily	Aporrhainae	Gray 1850
genus	Aporrhais	da Costa 1778
species	gregaria

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.

†Aporrhais gregaria Wilckens 1907

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

slow-movingf

Life habit:

semi-infaunalf

Diet:

detritivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-05-20 05:55:58

Modified:

2009-10-09 22:54:17

Source: f = family, c = class

Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 93.90000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Aporrhais gregaria (235482 235519)
Turonian - Campanian	93.9 - 72.2	Chile (Torres de Paine, Magallanes and Chilean Antarctica)	Aporrhais gregaria (235517)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Aporrhais gregaria (235520)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Argentina (Santa Cruz)	Aporrhais gregaria (235518)