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Thais (Stramonita) imperialis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Chrysodomus imperialis was named by Dall (1908).

It was recombined as Thais (Stramonita) imperialis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Chrysodomus imperialis Dall p. 353
1931Thais (Stramonita) imperialis Grant, IV and Gale pp. 715 - 716

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusThaisSchumacher 1817
subgenusStramonita
speciesimperialis(Dall 1908)

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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus imperialis (71148)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Chrysodomus imperialis (206370)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Chrysodomus imperialis (216902) Thais imperialis (96887)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus imperialis (71106)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Washington) Chrysodomus imperialis (71109)