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Pristimerica australis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Pristimerica australis was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992). Its type specimen is USNM 441806, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IPS 26, Larsen Cove, Seymour Island, which is in a Lutetian coastal sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. doloides
Entered
by M. Clapham on 2026-03-13; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-03-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Pristimerica australis Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 151 figs. Pl 22, figs a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusPristimericaFinlay and Marwick 1937
speciesaustralis

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.

†Pristimerica australis Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica Pristimerica australis (type locality: 278328)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica Pristimerica australis (63553)