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Simnia texana

Gastropoda - Ovulidae

Taxonomy
Ovula (Simnia) texana was named by Johnson (1899). Its type specimen is ANSP 9208, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Transovula texana by Schilder (1941); it was recombined as Simnia texana by Palmer and Brann (1965); it was recombined as Neosimnia texana by Palmer (1937) and Garvie (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Ovula (Simnia) texana Johnson p. 79
1937Neosimnia texana Palmer p. 239 figs. Plate 31, fig. 16
1941Transovula texana Schilder p. 106
1965Simnia texana Palmer and Brann
1996Neosimnia texana Garvie p. 56

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyOvulidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyOvulinaeFlemming 1822
genusSimniaRisso 1826
speciestexana()

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.

Simnia texana Johnson 1899
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
K. V. Palmer 1937Shell narrow, attenuate (anterior part of the shell wanting) resembling in form the recent O. acicularis Lam. of the West Indies; dorsal surface of the attenuated portion of the posterior, with fine revolving lines, the remainder of the shell smooth ; outer lip thickened, showing a few crenulations toward the anterior, inner lip smooth with a raised callus at the posterior, on which are three or four transverse grooves. Length 11 mm. (its original length was probably about 14 mm.), greatest diam. 4 mm.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:45:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:45:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Neosimnia texana (205264 205267 205422 205481) Simnia texana (98868 98870)