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Epitonium (Clathrus) weaveri

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1937Epitonium (Clathrus) weaveri Durham p. 486 figs. Plate 56, figure 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumOken 1815
subgenusClathrus
speciesweaveri

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.

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. W. Durham 1937Shell moderately large, rather thin; both the apex and body whorl broken off in type, leaving four incomplete whorls semicircular in outline; sutures rather deep; ornamented by six highly prominent knife-like varices strongly reflexed posteriorly; varices lapping about one-third height of preceding whorl onto the varices of that whorl, forming a continuous varix over all the whorls; no spiral ornamentation present.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-02-05 23:13:43
Modified: 2011-09-22 17:20:39
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available