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Sassia kampyla

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Nassaria kampyla was named by Watson (1885). It is extant.

It was recombined as Fusitriton kampylum by Hedley (1918); it was recombined as Cymatona kampyla by Beu (1978); it was recombined as Sassia kampyla by Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Nassaria kampyla Watson p. 594
1901Lampusia nodocostata Tate and May p. 90
1902Lotorium nodocostatum Kesteven p. 463
1918Fusitriton kampylum Hedley p. M66
1978Cymatona kampyla Beu p. 36
1995Cymatium remotum Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 58 figs. pl. 2, figs. 8-10
2010Sassia kampyla Beu p. 202

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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)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusSassia(Bellardi 1872)
specieskampyla(Watson 1885)

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.

Sassia kampyla Watson 1885
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Invalid names: Cymatium remotum Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995 [synonym], Lotorium nodocostatum Tate and May 1901 [synonym]
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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Chile Cymatium remotum (78556)