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Crassispira (Crassispirella) ritanida

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Drillia ritanida was named by Mansfield (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. Its type specimen is USNM 115581, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Crassispira (Crassispirella) ritanida by Woodring (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. laurentii, C. loxa, C. lyopleura, C. pseudoprincipalis, C. lyopleura

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Drillia ritanida Mansfield p. 24 figs. pl. 4, fig. 10
1970Crassispira (Crassispirella) ritanida Woodring p. 381

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusCrassispiraSwainson 1840
subgenusCrassispirella
speciesritanida()

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
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: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Crassispira ritanida (60412 60415 60416 60417)