Micropyrgus camselli

Micropyrgus camselli (left)

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Truncatelloidea
Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Spiralia Superphylum: Lophotrochozoa Phylum: Mollusca Classis: Gastropoda Subclassis: Caenogastropoda Ordo: Littorinimorpha Superfamilia: Truncatelloidea

Familia: Hydrobiidae
Subfamilia:Incertae sedis
Genus: †Micropyrgus
Species: †Micropyrgus camselli

Name

• †Micropyrgus camselli L.S.Russell, 1957

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 11614
  • Repository: Geological Survey of Canada collections, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

    Collector:Loris S. Russell (1954)

Etymology

• The specific name is in honor of Dr. Charles Camsell, who made the first detailed geological survey (1907) of the Princeton area.

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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