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Cryptochorda (Neocryptochorda) vientoensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Cryptochorda (Neocryptochorda) vientoensis was named by Clark and Durham (1946). Its type specimen is CAS 34985, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Cryptochorda (Neocryptochorda).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1946Cryptochorda (Neocryptochorda) vientoensis Clark and Durham pp. 43-44 figs. p. 21, figs. 17, 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCryptochordaMörch 1858
subgenusNeocryptochorda
speciesvientoensis

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.

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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.71000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Cryptochorda vientoensis (42840)