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Naticopsis depressa

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Naticopsis depressus was named by Winchell (1863). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Prospect Hill, bluff above river south of Burlington, which is in a Famennian marine sandstone in the English River Formation of Iowa.

It was corrected as Naticopsis depressa by Keyes (1889), Weller (1900), Yochelson and Saunders (1967), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Naticopsis depressus Winchell p. 22
1889Naticopsis depressa Keyes p. 293
1900Naticopsis depressa Weller p. 108 figs. pl. 6 f. 3-4
1967Naticopsis depressa Yochelson and Saunders p. 140
2023Naticopsis depressa Wagner p. 3907

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
speciesdepressa()

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.

Naticopsis depressa Winchell 1863
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Knight 1933, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Iowa) Naticopsis depressus (146537)