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Pseudorotella lens

Gastropoda - Tornidae

Taxonomy
Pseudorotella lens was named by Pilsbry and Olsson (1941). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Zone J - Canoa Formation, which is in a Piacenzian/Gelasian coastal sandstone/claystone in the Canoa Formation of Ecuador.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. bibbiana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Pseudorotella lens Pilsbry and Olsson

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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)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyTornidaeSacco 1896
subfamilyVitrinellinaeBush 1897
genusPseudorotellaAdams and Adams 1853
specieslens

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.

†Pseudorotella lens Pilsbry and Olsson 1941
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Ecuador (Manabi) Pseudorotella lens (type locality: 51878)