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Ceraunocochlis trekensis

Gastropoda - Meekospiridae

Taxonomy
Ceraunocochlis trekensis was named by Erwin (1988). Its type specimen is USNM 400699, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USNM712f, Ruddy Tank, Hueco Mountains, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Ceraunocochlis trekensis Erwin p. 60 figs. 3.4 - 3.5

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

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
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height36.025.587.005.580.820

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: Artinskian or 290.10000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Ceraunocochlis trekensis (type locality: 101773)