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Naticopsis ovulum

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Neritomopsis ovulum was named by Waagen (1880). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Kufri, road from Shahpur to Sukesar Mountain, Salt Range, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Naticopsis ovulum by Knight (1933).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. arctica, N. spectatus, N. esui

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Neritomopsis ovulum Waagen p. 108 figs. Pl 12, fig 4
1933Naticopsis ovulum Knight

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
speciesovulum()

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.

†Naticopsis ovulum Waagen 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height116.0
shell diameter114.0

Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Knight 1933

Age range: Wuchiapingian or 259.90000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Neritomopsis ovulum (type locality: 119648)