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Sandbergeria khanae

Gastropoda - Scaliolidae

Taxonomy
Sandbergeria khanae was named by Banerjee and Halder (2024). Its type specimen is PG/CG/Cr40, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2024Sandbergeria khanae Banerjee and Halder pp. 25, 26 fig. 7T–AC

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyScaliolidaeJousseaume 1912
genusSandbergeriaBosquet 1860
specieskhanae

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.

Sandbergeria khanae Banerjee and Halder 2024
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
S. Banerjee and K. Halder 2024Shell small, turreted; protoconch smooth, of 2.5
whorls; spire moderately high, of 6–7 convex whorls; suture
impressed; whorls with equally prominent spiral and axial ribs
forming a reticulate ornamentation pattern, axial ribs straighter
and fewer in number in early whorls, numerous and sinuous in
later whorls with intercalatory riblets; number of spiral ribs also
increases with ontogeny, spirally elongated tubercles at their
intersection; last whorl flatter; base almost flat and wide with
prominent spiral ribs; aperture rounded; thick inner lip callus
with a ridge; growth lines broadly concave forward on whorl
sides, curve forward at base.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:20
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Sandbergeria khanae (235626 236692)