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Eopleurotoma whitakerpeakensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Eopleurotoma whitakerpeakensis was named by Squires (1987). Its type specimen is LACMIP 7496 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CSUN loc. 827, Canton Canyon, which is in a Ypresian carbonate sandstone in the Juncal Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Eopleurotoma whitakerpeakensis Squires p. 49 figs. 76, 77

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusEopleurotomaCossmann 1889
specieswhitakerpeakensis

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
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Eopleurotoma whitakerpeakensis (type locality: 178750)