Ferrissia arionoides

Ferrissia arionoides (right)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Lymnaeoidea 

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Amorphea
Cladus: Obazoa
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Cladus: Filozoa
Cladus: Choanozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: ParaHoxozoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Cladus: Protostomia
Cladus: Spiralia
Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa
Phylum: Mollusca
Classis: Gastropoda
Subclassis: Heterobranchia
Infraclassis: Euthyneura
Cohors: Tectipleura
Subcohors: Panpulmonata
Superordo: Hygrophila
Superfamilia: Lymnaeoidea

Familia: Planorbidae
Subfamilia: Ancylinae
Tribus: Ancylini
Genus: Ferrissia
Species: †Ferrissia arionoides

Name

Type locality

  • Early Eocene, Ypresian; Eocene Okanagan Highlands; Princeton Tulameen Coal Company mine dumps, Allenby Formation, Princeton Group; Similkameen River, North Side of Tulameen River 1 mi (1.6 km) west of Princeton, British Columbia, Canada

Type material

  • Holotype:GSC 13279
    • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
      Collector:Loris S. Russell (1954)

Etymology

  • The specific name refers to the superficial resemblance of the shell to the vestigial shell of some arionid slugs

References

  • Russell, L.S. (1957) Mollusca from the Tertiary of Princeton, British Columbia. National Museum of Canada Bulletin 147: 84–95. 
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