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Vorticifex lasseni

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae

Taxonomy
Vorticifex lasseni was named by Taylor and Smith (1981). Its type specimen is UMMZ 250100, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Honey Lake Collection B, which is in a Pliocene lacustrine - small siltstone in the Alturas Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1981Vorticifex lasseni Taylor and Smith p. 352 figs. pl. 2, fig. 8-9

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyPlanorboideaRafinesque 1815
familyPlanorbidaeRafinesque 1815
genusVorticifexMeek 1870
specieslasseni

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.

Vorticifex lasseni Taylor and Smith 1981
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Vorticifex lasseni (276415 type locality: 276416)