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Ctenilyria ctenista

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Ctenilyria ctenista was named by Woodring (1964). Its type specimen is USNM 643622, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Ctenilyria.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Ctenilyria ctenista Woodring p. 289 figs. pl. 39, figs. 25, 25

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCtenilyria
speciesctenista

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.

†Ctenilyria ctenista Woodring 1964
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Oligocene or 37.20000 to 23.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Ctenilyria ctenista (42495)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Costa Rica Ctenilyria ctenista (77791)