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Anchura convexa

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Anchura convexa was named by Wade (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Anchura convexa Wade
1960Anchura convexa Sohl p. 107 figs. Pl 13, figs 15,16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
genusAnchuraConrad 1860
speciesconvexaWade 1926

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.

Anchura convexa Wade 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:33:39
Modified: 2009-09-18 12:16:47
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Anchura convexa (type locality: 88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Anchura convexa (7515)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Anchura convexa (205445)