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Neritopsis dumortieri

Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae

Taxonomy
Neritopsis dumortieri was named by Conti and Szabó (1989). Its type specimen is 1886/5/59, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Capo San Vigilio [Oolite di San Viligio], which is in a Toarcian marine limestone in the San Viligio Oolite Formation of Italy.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. laevis, N. tanohatensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Neritopsis dumortieri Conti and Szabó p. 34 figs. pl. 1, figs. 12-13

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassNeritimorpha
orderCycloneritida()
orderNeritoina(Rafinesque 1815)
superfamilyNeritopsoidea
familyNeritopsidaeGray 1847
subfamilyNeritopsinae
genusNeritopsisGrateloup 1832
speciesdumortieri

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.

†Neritopsis dumortieri Conti and Szabó 1989
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:54:47
Modified: 2007-09-18 10:56:14
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Toarcian or 180.10000 to 175.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Italy Neritopsis dumortieri (type locality: 91410)