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Surcula clarki

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy
Surcula clarki was named by Dickerson (1913). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 1853, Marysville Buttes, which is in a Ypresian marine horizon in the Capay Formation of California.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. inarata, S. miqueli, S. koeneni, S. camposi, Turris djiki

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Surcula clarki Dickerson p. 278 figs. Plate 11, figure 3
1916Surcula clarki Dickerson p. 499 figs. Plate 41, figures 1a, 1b

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClavatulidae(Gray 1853)
genusSurculaSchumacher 1817
speciesclarki

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.

†Surcula clarki Dickerson 1913
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Surcula clarki (type locality: 122337)