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Cerithidea (Cerithidea) puruensis

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Rhinoclavis (Pseudovertagus) puruensis was named by Martin (1914) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene; Indonesia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cerithidea (Cerithidea) puruensis by Shuto (1978).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. kanpokuensis, C. obtusa, C. ohiroi, C. microptera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Rhinoclavis (Pseudovertagus) puruensis Martin p. 162 figs. pl. 5, fig. 130
1978Cerithidea (Cerithidea) puruensis Shuto p. 123

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusCerithideaSwainson 1840
subgenusCerithideaSwainson 1840
speciespuruensis(Martin 1914)

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: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lutetian or 48.07000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Indonesia (Central Java) Cerithidea puruensis (179075)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Cerithidea puruensis (70082)