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Gyrodes abyssinus

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica abyssina was named by Morton (1834).

It was recombined as Gyrodes abyssina by Stephenson (1914); it was recombined as Gyrodes abyssinus by Sohl (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. gaultinus, G. genti, G. nagaoi, G. rotundus, G. tramitensis, G. renniei, G. woodsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Natica abyssina Morton
1876Gyrodes abyssinis Gabb p. 295
1914Gyrodes abyssina Stephenson
1960Gyrodes abyssinus Sohl p. 120 figs. Pl 15, figs 7,8; pl 17, figs 26,29,30,33

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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)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyAmpullospirinaeCox 1930
genusGyrodesConrad 1860
speciesabyssinus(Morton 1834)

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.

†Gyrodes abyssinus Morton 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-10-20 01:54:26
Modified: 2004-10-20 03:54:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Gyrodes abyssina (239741)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Alabama) Gyrodes abyssina (239727)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Gyrodes abyssinus (6152 6153 6155 6157 6171)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes abyssinus (3870 3883)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes abyssina (52504)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Gyrodes abyssinus (4394 4399 4413 4414)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Gyrodes abyssina (239485) Gyrodes abyssinus (4137 4141 4143 4144 4147 4148 4154 4155 4156 4157 4158 4160 4162 4163 4164 4165 4166 4167 4168 4172 7576 7588)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes abyssinus (124937)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gyrodes abyssina (4189 4203 4205 4206 4207) Gyrodes abyssinus (4173 4175 4177 4178 4179 4180 4183 4186 4193 4194 4197 4200 4201 4202 4213 4214 4215 4216 4225 4228 4230 83225)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes abyssinus (26819)