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Naticopsis (Naticopsis) heshanensis

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Taxonomy
Naticopsis (Naticopsis) heshanensis was named by Pan and Erwin (2002). Its type specimen is USNM 127631, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Matan M46, Heshan, which is in a Changhsingian carbonate limestone in the Heshan Formation of China.

It was recombined as Naticopsis heshanensis by Ketwetsuriya et al. (2020).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Naticopsis (Naticopsis) heshanensis Pan and Erwin p. 21 figs. 11.12 - 11.17
2020Naticopsis heshanensis Ketwetsuriya et al. p. 29 figs. 20K-L

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusNaticopsis
subgenusNaticopsisM'Coy 1844
speciesheshanensis

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 height216.615.318.016.61.91

Composition: "calcite"g
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Body part: shellg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedg
Created: 2009-12-22 09:38:38
Modified: 2010-02-04 09:57:44
Source: g = genus, superf = superfamily
References: Knight 1933, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Changhsingian or 254.17000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Naticopsis heshanensis (56892 type locality: 116125 116128)