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Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae

Taxonomy
Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum was named by Dall (1925) [TYPE LOCALITY: USGS 2213, Chipola Fm, Chipola River, Florida. TYPE REPOSITORY: USNM, Washington.]. Its type specimen is USNM 114095 and is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 2213 - Baileys Ferry, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Morum chipolanum by Mansfield (1937); it was recombined as Oniscidia chipolanum by MacNeil and Dockery (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum Dall
1937Morum chipolanum Mansfield p. 141
1947Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum Gardner p. 538
1959Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum Woodring p. 203
1967Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum Dance and Emerson p. 96
1984Oniscidia chipolanum MacNeil and Dockery p. 113
1996Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum Landau p. 54
1997Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum Raymond p. 141
1998Morum (Oniscidia) chipolanum Vokes p. 17

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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
familyHarpidaeBronn 1849
subfamilyMoruminaeHughs and Emerson 1987
genusMorumMörch 1852
subgenusOniscidia
specieschipolanumDall 1925

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 08:21:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:02
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Langhian or 23.03000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Morum chipolanum (60985 61047 61128)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Morum chipolanum (42609)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Morum chipolanum (type locality: 41760)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Morum chipolanum (74962)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Morum chipolanum (74959)