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Corsania (Januncia) janus

Gastropoda - Neritidae

Taxonomy
Corsania (Januncia) janus was named by Cushing Woods and Saul (1986). Its type specimen is UCLA 59426, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP loc. 27083, east of Bahía Sebastian Vizcaino, which is in a Paleocene marine sandstone/conglomerate in the Sepultura Formation of Mexico.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Corsania (Januncia) janus Cushing Woods and Saul pp. 640 - 641 figs. Figures 5.1 - 5.6
2002Corsania (Januncia) janus Squires and Saul p. 181 figs. Figures 9—11

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNeritidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyNeritinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCorsaniaVidal 1917
subgenusJanuncia
speciesjanus

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.

†Corsania (Januncia) janus Cushing Woods and Saul 1986
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Diagnosis
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