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Pareora pinguis

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Pareora pinguis was named by Laws (1941). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Pakaurangi Point, Kaipara Harbour, which is in an Otaian coastal sandstone in the Pakaurangi Formation of New Zealand.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Pareora pinguis Laws
1990Pareora pinguis Beu et al. p. 406

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyPareorinae(Finlay and Marwick 1937)
genusPareoraMarwick 1931
speciespinguisLaws 1941

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.

†Pareora pinguis Laws 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Otaian or 21.70000 to 19.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Pareora pinguis (type locality: 84915)