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Plesiocystiscus politulus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae

Taxonomy
Marginella politula was named by Dall (1919). It is extant.

It was recombined as Plesiocystiscus politulus by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1919Marginella politula Dall p. 307
2021Plesiocystiscus politulus Hendy

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyCystiscidaeStimpson 1865
subfamilyPlesiocystiscinaeCoovert and Coovert 1995
genusPlesiocystiscusCoovert and Coovert 1995
speciespolitulus(Dall 1919)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:20:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Middle Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cystiscus regularis (96590 96593)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cystiscus regularis (203095 203114) Marginella regularis (203113)