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Ericusa sowerbyi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta sowerbyi was named by Kiener (1839) [TYPE LOCALITY: Possibly Victoria or Tasmania (unknown). Recent. AGE RANGE: Cheltenhamian (Late Miocene)-Recent]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ericusa sowerbyi by Darragh (1989).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Voluta sowerbyi Kiener
1989Ericusa sowerbyi Darragh p. 246

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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
subfamilyZidoninaeAdams and A 1853
genusEricusaAdams and A 1858
speciessowerbyi(Kiener 1839)

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.

Ericusa sowerbyi Kiener 1839
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available