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Ceratopea sinclairensis

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Raphistomatidae

Taxonomy
Raphistomina sinclairensis was named by Kobayashi (1955). Its type locality is Kobayashi 5. 8005 Goodsir J/8. Head of creek, 3.1 miles N. of Sinclair, which is in a Demingian carbonate limestone in Canada.

It was recombined as Proliospira sinclairensis by Flower (1968); it was recombined as Ceratopea sinclairensis by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Raphistomina sinclairensis Kobayashi pp. 405 - 406 figs. pl. I f. 2a-c, 3
1966Raphistomina sinclairensis Lochman p. 532
1968Proliospira sinclairensis Flower p. 12
2023Ceratopea sinclairensis Wagner p. 4958

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyRaphistomatoidea
familyRaphistomatidae()
genusCeratopea
speciessinclairensis()

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.

Ceratopea sinclairensis Kobayashi 1955
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-14 22:22:16
Modified: 2009-06-11 10:33:03
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960

Age range: base of the Demingian to the top of the Stairsian or 486.85000 to 481.70000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (Montana) Raphistomina sinclairensis (69028)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4USA (North Dakota) Raphistomina sinclairensis (69041)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4Canada (Alberta) Raphistomina sinclairensis (50166)
Demingian486.85 - 483.4Canada (British Columbia) Raphistomina sinclairensis (type locality: 50167)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7USA (North Dakota) Raphistomina sinclairensis (414 119477 119478)