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Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Ornopsis digressa was named by Wade (1926) [m. kosnik taxon no: 2873]. Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee. It is the type species of Ornopsis (Pornosis).

It was recombined as Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa by Sohl (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
O. maxeyi, O. prima, O. pulchra

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Ornopsis digressa Wade
1964Ornopsis (Pornosis) digressa Sohl p. 217 figs. Pl 29, figs 12-14

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusOrnopsisWade 1916
subgenusPornosis
speciesdigressa(Wade 1926)

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
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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Ornopsis digressa (type locality: 88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Ornopsis digressa (6156)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Ornopsis digressa (7467)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Ornopsis digressa (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ornopsis digressa (7478 7586 7590)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Ornopsis digressa (7506)