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Sisenna elegansa

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Rhaphistomellidae

Taxonomy
Sisenna elegansa was named by Pan (1977). Its type specimen is NIGP 24164, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lj 223-19-1, near Suolaohe, Ninglang County, which is in a Norian marine horizon in the Songgui Formation of China.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Sisenna elegansa Pan p. 91 figs. Pl 1, fig 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyRhaphistomellidae
genusSisenna
specieselegansa

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Sisenna elegansa Pan 1977
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height19.80

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Norian or 228.00000 to 208.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Norian228.0 - 208.5China (Yunnan) Sisenna elegansa (type locality: 165398)