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Scaphella floridana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Voluta floridana was named by Heilprin (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene; Florida.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Scaphella floridana by DuBar (1958) and Olsson (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. saintjeani, S. ocalana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Voluta floridana Heilprin p. 7 figs. fig. 8
1958Scaphella floridana DuBar p. 190
1967Scaphella floridana Olsson p. 26

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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
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
genusScaphellaSwainson 1832
speciesfloridana(Heilprin 1887)

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.

†Scaphella floridana Heilprin 1887
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Scaphella floridana (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) Scaphella floridana (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Scaphella floridana (79331 79786)