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Amoriinae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Amoriinae was named by Darragh (1989) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8184].

It was assigned to Volutidae by Wilson (1994), Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Amoriinae Darragh
1994Amoriinae Wilson p. 110
2005Amoriinae Bouchet et al. p. 256

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyAmoriinaeDarragh 1989
subfamilyAmoriinaeDarragh 1989

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.

Subfm. †Amoriinae Darragh 1989
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G. †Cymbiolista Iredale 1929
G. Nannamoria Iredale 1929
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†Nannamoria paraboloides Darragh 1989
Invalid names: Paramoria McMichael 1960 [synonym]
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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 27.30000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04Australia (Victoria) Nannamoria weldii (72236)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Nannamoria weldii (71238)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Australia (Victoria) Nannamoria fasciculata (71240) Nannamoria strophodon, Nannamoria deplexa (71241) Nannamoria weldii (71239)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Nannamoria limbata (71351 72232) Nannamoria limbata, Nannamoria strophodon (71352) Voluta costellifera (72210)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (Victoria) Nannamoria paraboloides (72235)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Western Australia) Nannamoria strophodon (63353)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Australia (Tasmania) Nannamoria cinctuta, Nannamoria paraboloides (63702) Nannamoria paraboloides (63701 63703 63704)