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Amauropsis meierensis

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Amauropsis meierensis was named by Zinsmeister (1983). Its type specimen is UCR 6825/4, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Meier Canyon, which is in a Thanetian open shallow subtidal conglomerate in the Simi Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. bulbiformis, A. burnsii, A. lirata, A. nativitatis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Amauropsis meierensis Zinsmeister p. 1292 figs. figs. 2l, 2m

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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)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyAmpullospirinaeCox 1930
genusAmauropsisMörch 1857
speciesmeierensis

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.

†Amauropsis meierensis Zinsmeister 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available