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Pyropsis interstriatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pyropsidae

Taxonomy
Pyropsis interstriatus was named by Wade (1926) [m. kosnik taxon no: 3032].

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. kochi, P. planimarginata, P. zelandica
Entered
by M. Kosnik on 2004-03-01; modified by M. Kosnik on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Pyropsis interstriatus Wade
1964Pyropsis interstriatus Sohl p. 239

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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
superfamilyPyrifusoideaBandel and Dockery 2001
familyPyropsidaeStephenson 1941
genusPyropsis(Conrad 1860)
speciesinterstriatusWade 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 mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Pyropsis interstriatus (32139 32141 32142)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Pyropsis interstriatus (7515)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Pyropsis interstriatus (205445)