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Eoscaphella fordycei

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Eoscaphella fordycei was named by Stilwell and Zinsmeister (1992) [TYPE LOCALITY: IPS loc. 4, Seymour Island, Antarctic Peninsula]. Its type specimen is USNM 441779, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is IPS 4, Seymour Island, which is in a Bartonian shoreface sandstone in the La Meseta Formation of Antarctica. It is the type species of Eoscaphella.

Entered
by A. Hendy on 2006-08-18; modified by M. Clapham on 2026-03-13

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Eoscaphella fordycei Stilwell and Zinsmeister p. 142 figs. pl. 20, figs. a-d

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyScaphellinaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusEoscaphella
speciesfordycei

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.

†Eoscaphella fordycei Stilwell and Zinsmeister 1992
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Antarctica Eoscaphella fordycei (63548 180150 207757 278343 278601)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Antarctica Eoscaphella fordycei (57762 63551 113374 type locality: 153802)