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Conus molis
Taxonomy
Conus molis was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is Princeton University No. 5502, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.
It was recombined as Pyruconus molis by Tucker and Tenorio (2009).
It was recombined as Pyruconus molis by Tucker and Tenorio (2009).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. aegilops, C. aristophanes, C. babaensis, C. bayeri, C. berghausi, C. bonus, C. brunneus, C. capitaneus, C. centurio, C. cosmetulus, C. crocea, C. drezki, C. emaciatus, C. eversoni, C. frigidus, C. gembacanus, C. glans, C. granifer, C. iliolus, C. kahiko, C. kevani, C. kutaiensis, C. longesperatus, C. lucidus, C. macneili, C. malaccanus, C. mercati, C. miruchae, C. moreleti, C. musatella, C. mutilatus, C. ngavianus, C. patriceus, C. proliferatus, C. pseudoponderosus, C. pygmaea, C. raphanus, C. regius, C. saecularis, C. sinensis, C. socialis, C. sponsalis, C. submonilifer, C. tallis, C. textile, C. vindobonensis, C. whitei, C. yabei, C. clavatulus, C. vindobonensis, C. antediluvianus, C. protractus, C. erythraeensis
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1911 | Conus concavitectum Brown and Pilsbry p. 341 figs. pl. 23, figs. 5, 6 |
| 1911 | Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry p. 343 figs. pl. 23, fig. 1 |
| 1922 | Conus molis Olsson p. 42 |
| 1922 | Conus concavitectum Olsson p. 43 |
| 1929 | Conus molis Anderson p. 108 |
| 1929 | Conus molis Weisbord p. 56 |
| 1960 | Conus molis Barrios p. 295 |
| 1970 | Conus molis Woodring p. 348 |
| 2009 | Pyruconus molis Tucker and Tenorio |
| 2010 | Conus molis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 100 |
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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.
†Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Invalid names: Conus concavitectum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986 | |||||
Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma
Collections (69 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Miocene | Colombia | Conus molis (131222) | |
| Early/Lower Miocene | Peru (Tumbes) | Conus molis (58999 59000) | |
| Burdigalian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Conus molis (136883 156751 156795 156797 157336) | |
| Burdigalian | Venezuela (Falcon) | Conus molis (60144 60703 60705 60707 60710) | |
| Burdigalian | USA (Florida) | Conus molis (42482) | |
| Langhian | Colombia (La Guajira) | Conus molis (136878 136879 136880 136907 136909 157828 157830 158033 158097) | |
| Middle Miocene | Colombia (Atlantico) | Conus molis (60684) | |
| Middle Miocene | Ecuador (Manabi) | Conus molis (60754) | |
| Tortonian | Panama (Colon) | Conus molis (145254 145255 145278 145281 145283 145342 145343 145344) | |
| Tortonian | Dominican Republic | Conus molis (58817) | |
| Tortonian | Panama | Conus molis (52170 52172 93051 93057 93058 93062 93145 93146 93162 93163 93171 93172 93175 93176 93177 93222 93223) Conus molis, Conus concavitectum (134661) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Costa Rica (Limon) | Conus molis (96520) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Colombia (Bolívar) | Conus molis (88316) | |
| Late/Upper Miocene | Colombia | Conus molis (88296 96501 97682 97683 97692 131219 131220) Conus molis, Conus concavitectum (88297) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Colombia | Conus molis (88298 133234) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Colombia (Atlántico) | Conus molis (88304) | |
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Colombia (Bolívar) | Conus molis (88307) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Colombia | Conus molis (97688) | |
| Piacenzian | Panama | Conus molis, Conus concavitectum (134663) | |
| Piacenzian | Costa Rica | Conus molis (132644) |