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Sconsia felix

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis felix was named by Maury (1934) [Original genus placement uncertain.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Rio Pirabas (Maury coll.), which is in a Miocene shallow subtidal limestone/limestone in the Pirabas Formation of Brazil.

It was recombined as Sconsia felix by Petuch (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Cassis felix Maury
1988Sconsia felix Petuch p. 101

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusSconsiaGray 1847
speciesfelix()

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.

Sconsia felix Maury 1934
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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 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Serravallian or 23.03000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Sconsia felix (type locality: 60979 65162 112590)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Sconsia felix (58454)