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Dorsanum lagunitensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Nassa lagunitensis was named by Woods (1922). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Dorsanum lagunitensis by Rivera (1957).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Nassa lagunitensis Woods p. 95
1957Dorsanum lagunitensis Rivera p. 184

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyPseudolivinaeCossmann 1901
genusDorsanumGray 1847
specieslagunitensis()

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.

Dorsanum lagunitensis Woods 1922
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru (Ica) Dorsanum lagunitensis (84674 84680)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Dorsanum lagunitensis (52525 52526 52527)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Dorsanum lagunitensis (52523)