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Egotistica

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Egotistica was named by Marwick (1934) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u]. Its type is Egotistica scirrhoma.

It was assigned to Buccinidae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
E. scirrhoma (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Egotistica Marwick
1990Egotistica Beu et al. p. 412
2002Egotistica Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusEgotisticaMarwick 1934

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.

G. †Egotistica Marwick 1934
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Egotistica scirrhoma Marwick 1934
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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Altonian or 19.00000 to 15.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand E. n. sp. (67898)