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Epitonium georgettinum

Gastropoda - Epitoniidae

Taxonomy
Scala georgettina was named by Kiener (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: Holocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Epitonium georgettina by Barattini and Ureta (1960); it was recombined as Epitonium (Epitonium) georgettina by da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Epitonium georgettinum by Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Scala georgettina Kiener
1960Epitonium georgettina Barattini and Ureta p. 109
1969Epitonium (Epitonium) georgettina da Silva Forti p. 107
2005Epitonium georgettinum Rosenberg

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyEpitonioidea(Berry 1910)
familyEpitoniidaeBerry 1910
genusEpitoniumBolten 1798
speciesgeorgettinum(Kiener 1838)

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
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:37:01
Modified: 2018-03-19 13:34:38
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Beu et al. 1990, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 11.60800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) Epitonium georgettina (42149)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil Epitonium georgettina (72135)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Epitonium georgettinum (195928)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Epitonium georgettina (72116 72117 72118 72119 72120 72121 72122 72123 72124 72126)