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Closia (Bullata)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Bullata was named by Jousseaume (1875) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Persicula (Bullata) by Harris and Palmer (1947); it was reranked as Marginella (Bullata) by Gardner (1948); it was reranked as Closia (Bullata) by Abbass (1967).

It was assigned to Persicula by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Marginella by Gardner (1948); to Marginellidae by Olsson (1967); to Closia by Abbass (1967); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1875Bullata Jousseaume
1947Persicula (Bullata) Harris and Palmer p. 405
1948Marginella (Bullata) Gardner p. 262
1967Closia (Bullata) Abbass p. 117
1967Bullata Olsson p. 29
2002Bullata Sepkoski

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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
genusClosia
subgenusBullata(Jousseaume 1875)

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.

Subg. Closia (Bullata) Jousseaume 1875
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†Bullata larvata Conrad 1833
†Bullata semen Lea 1833
†Bullata taylori Olsson 1916
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Invalid names: Marginella popenoei Mansfield 1930 [synonym]
†Closia (Bullata) gamali Abbass 1967
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: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 66.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (114 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) Bullata semen (70129)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Bullata sp. (205499)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Bullata semen (89849 92783)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) Bullata semen (2414 2415)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Bullata semen (205527) Bullata semenoides (90651) Bullata sp. (205440 205454 205496 205503 205537)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Bullata semen (1440 1443)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) Bullata semen (2412 2413)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Bullata semen (1282 1283 1285 1286 1288 1292 1293 1422 1423 1429 1430)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Bullata larvata, Bullata semen (92347) Bullata semen (44405 44518 92273) Bullata semenoides (92348)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Bullata larvata (90706 90707 91050 205508) Bullata larvata, Bullata semen (90708 90709) Bullata semen (2434 2435 2436 2437 2438 2444 2446 2449 2451 90704 92393 99628 99632 99675 99736 164232 205526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Egypt Closia gamali (2959)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Bullata semen (92308 92355)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Bullata larvata, Bullata semen (5312 5318 5322) Bullata plicata, Bullata larvata, Bullata semen (81266 90600) Bullata plicata, Bullata spp., Bullata larvata, Bullata semen (205489) Bullata semen (2416 2418 2419 2423 2441 2443 2453 2454 5311 5320 5321 5330 5332 5334 81278 90469 205438)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Bullata semen (2452 91101 205266 205410 205422 205430 205433 205480 205484 205485 205515 205531) Bullata semenoides (7438 7439 90454 90656 91119) Bullata sp. (205267 205271)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Bullata semen (6802)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Bullata maiae (60402 60631 60634)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Bullata maturensis (60415 60647 60649 60653)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) Marginella antiqua (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Bullata antiqua (79960) Marginella popenoei (59484 59486 59490)