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Agaronia saxosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Olivellidae

Taxonomy
Olivancillaria (Agaronia) saxosa was named by Olsson (1928). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lagunitas [Saman Conglomerate, Saman Fm], which is in an Eocene coastal conglomerate in the Saman Formation of Peru.

It was recombined as Agaronia saxosa by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Olivancillaria (Agaronia) saxosa Olsson p. 140 figs. pl. 18, figs. 8, 9
2008Agaronia saxosa Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyOlivoidea(Troschel 1869)
familyOlivellidaeTroschel 1869
genusAgaronia(Gray 1839)
speciessaxosa()

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.

Agaronia saxosa Olsson 1928
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

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

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Agaronia saxosa (52528)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Olivancillaria saxosa (type locality: 88392)