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Diozoptyxis

Gastropoda - Campanilidae

Taxonomy
Diozoptyxis was named by Cossmann (1896).

It was assigned to Nerineidae by Allison (1955); to Diozoptyxidae by Pchelintsev (1965); to Gastropoda by Scholz (1984); and to Campanilidae by Saul and Squires (1998).

Species
D. monilifera, D. pilgrimi, D. ursana
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. blancheti, D. coquandi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Diozoptyxis Cossmann
1955Diozoptyxis Allison p. 426
1965Diozoptyxis Pchelintsev
1984Diozoptyxis Scholz p. 475
1998Diozoptyxis Saul and Squires p. 468

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Campanilimorpha(Haszprunar 1988)
superfamilyCampaniloideaDouvillé 1904
familyCampanilidaeDouvillé 1904
genusDiozoptyxisCossmann 1896

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.

G. †Diozoptyxis Cossmann 1896
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†Diozoptyxis monilifera d'Orbigny 1842
†Diozoptyxis ursana Saul and Squires 1998
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-19 08:40:59
Modified: 2009-09-19 10:43:35
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Santonian or 125.77000 to 83.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) D. sp. (177726)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 119.57Germany D. coquandi (50421)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) D. pilgrimi (1873)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Mexico D. sp. (206387)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9France (Landes) D. monilifera (213767)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt D. blancheti (140231)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) D. ursana (62351 207525 207535 207536 207537)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) D. ursana (62358)