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Paraborsonia brassoensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Borsonia (Paraborsonia) brassoensis was named by Mansfield (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352661, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9212, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.

It was recombined as Paraborsonia brassoensis by Woodring (1970) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Borsonia (Paraborsonia) brassoensis Mansfield p. 30 figs. pl. 5, fig. 8
1970Paraborsonia brassoensis Woodring p. 373
2008Paraborsonia brassoensis Hendy et al.

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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)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusParaborsoniaPilsbry 1922
speciesbrassoensis()

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.

Paraborsonia brassoensis Mansfield 1925
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.40000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Paraborsonia brassoensis (42572)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Borsonia brassoensis (type locality: 74921)