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Xenophora willisi

Gastropoda - Xenophoridae

Taxonomy
Xenophora willisi was named by Webster (1983). Its type specimen is LACMIP 6453, a partial shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LACMIP 2852, which is in a Campanian/Maastrichtian marine horizon in the Rosario Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
X. conchyliphora, X. prognata, X. transiens, X. wemmelensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Xenophora willisi Webster p. 1092 figs. 2a-f, 3a

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyXenophoroideaTroschel 1852
familyXenophoridaeTroschel 1852
genusXenophoraFischer von Waldheim 1807
specieswillisi

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.

†Xenophora willisi Webster 1983
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. L. Webster 1983Large xenophorids with very low whorls, a concave base, closed umbilicus, ovate aperture, and thickened labrum