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Trajana (Nerva) woodringi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Trajana (Nerva) woodringi was named by Vokes (1969). Its type specimen is USNM 646229, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 757 - Cativa [lower Gatun Fm], which is in a Tortonian coastal siltstone in the Gatun Formation of Panama. It is the type species of Trajana (Nerva).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Trajana (Nerva) woodringi Vokes p. 77 figs. pl. 1, figs. 2a, 2b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusTrajanaGardner 1948
subgenusNerva
specieswoodringi

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Trajana woodringi (type locality: 92444 92445 92446)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Trajana woodringi (79710)