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Circulus supranitidus

Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae

Taxonomy
Adeorbis supranitidus was named by Wood (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene; Northern Europe.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Circulus supranitidus by Glibert (1957) and Marquet (1997).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. anthera, C. mitorraphes, C. similis, C. sotoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Adeorbis supranitidus Wood p. 530
1957Circulus supranitidus Glibert p. 21
1997Circulus supranitidus Marquet p. 17

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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
familyVitrinellidaeBush 1897
genusCirculusJeffreys 1842
speciessupranitidus(Wood 1842)

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.

†Circulus supranitidus Wood 1842
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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: 2009-09-10 07:56:06
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:56:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Circulus supranitidus (76983)