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Niso eburnea

Gastropoda - Eulimidae

Taxonomy
Niso eburnea was named by Risso (1826) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; western Europe.]. It is the type species of Niso.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Niso eburnea Risso p. 218

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyVanikoroideaGray 1840
familyEulimidaePhilippi 1853
genusNisoRisso 1826
specieseburneaRisso 1826

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.

Niso eburnea Risso 1826
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:26:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:26:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Gelasian or 20.44000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Niso eburnea (178108)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy (Asti) Niso eburnea (86305)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Spain (Huelva) Niso eburnea (71916)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Niso eburnea (178117)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Niso eburnea (178457 178779)