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Eocernina hespericosta

Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

Taxonomy
Eocernina hespericosta was named by Zinsmeister (1983). Its type specimen is UCR 7320/4, 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.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Eocernina hespericosta Zinsmeister p. 1293 figs. figs. 2p, 2q

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyAmpullinoideaCossmann 1918
familyAmpullinidaeCossmann 1918
genusEocerninaGray 1842
specieshespericosta

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.

†Eocernina hespericosta Zinsmeister 1983
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Diagnosis
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