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Garzasia diabla

Gastropoda - Capulidae

Taxonomy
Garzasia diabla was named by Saul and Squires (2008). Its type specimen is LACMIP 13393, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCLA 2588, Garzas Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian marine siliciclastic in the Moreno Formation of California. It is the type species of Garzasia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Garzasia diabla Saul and Squires p. 131 fig. 55–58

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyCapuloideaFleming 1822
familyCapulidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyLysinae
genusGarzasia
speciesdiabla

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.

†Garzasia diabla Saul and Squires 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires 2008Medium sized, Calyptraea-like, with moderately high spire, having three to four equal-strength carinate ribs with wide interspaces.

Medium to moderately large size (up to 30 mm in height), Calyptraea-like shell with rapidly expanding last whorl; spire moderately high, approximately 40 to 50% of total shell height; protoconch missing; teleoconch approximately 1.5 whorls, carinate; periphery near one-half whorl height; suture abutting at periphery; sculpture consisting generally of three to four equalstrength and equally spaced carinae with very wide interspaces; aperture circular with its abapertural margin sharply demarked and steeply descending; inner lip margin slightly sigmoidal; posterior end attached to inside of outer lip directly beneath suture; shelf spiraling into umbilicus.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:46:36
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:46:36
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maastrichtian or 72.10000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Lysis sp. (176785 type locality: 185509)