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Ceraunocochlis deformis

Gastropoda - Meekospiridae

Taxonomy
Ceraunocochlis deformis was named by Erwin (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 400719, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM710d, Lenox Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in a Kungurian marine limestone in the Cathedral Mountain Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Ceraunocochlis deformis Erwin p. 58 figs. 3.1 - 3.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyMeekospiridae
genusCeraunocochlis
speciesdeformis

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
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height18.50

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Ceraunocochlis deformis (type locality: 43609)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Ceraunocochlis deformis (43512)