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Pyktes daiphron

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Pyktes daiphron was named by Popenoe (1983). Its type specimen is UCLA 59047, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CIT loc. 1164, Santiago Canyon, Santa Ana Mountains, which is in a Turonian marine horizon in the Ladd Formation of California.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Pyktes daiphron Popenoe pp. 757 - 758 figs. Figure 4F, G, J

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyPugnellinae(Kiel and Bandel 1999)
genusPyktes
speciesdaiphron

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.

†Pyktes daiphron Popenoe 1983
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Turonian or 93.50000 to 89.30000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (California) Pyktes daiphron (215284 type locality: 215287)