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Mangilia vacavillensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Mangilia vacavillensis was named by Palmer (1923) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; California.]. Its type specimen is UCMP 30609, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3573 - NW of Vacaville, which is in a Ypresian offshore shale in California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. magnoliana, M. quinqueangularis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1923Mangilia vacavillensis Palmer p. 300 figs. pl. 53, figs. 8a, 8b
1923Mangilia vacavillensis Wagner and Schilling p. 300 figs. pl. 53, figs. 8a, 8b

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
speciesMangilia vacavillensis
speciesvacavillensis

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.

†Mangilia vacavillensis Palmer 1923
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 48.07000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Mangilia vacavillensis (type locality: 201621)