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Cheilea princetonia

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy
Cheilea princetonia was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911). Its type specimen is ANSP (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Cheilea princetonia Brown and Pilsbry pp. 360-361 figs. fig. 2

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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)
superfamilyHipponicoideaTroschel 1861
familyHipponicidaeTroschel 1861
genusCheileaModeer 1793
speciesprincetonia

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.

†Cheilea princetonia Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:00:55
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:00:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
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