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Metula gabbi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Metula gabbi was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911). Its type specimen is ANSP (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. elongatoides, M. inflata, M. mitrella, M. neptuneiformis, M. pilsbryi, M. reticulata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry p. 351 figs. pl. 25, figs. 4, 8
1922Metula gabbi Olsson p. 115
1964Metula gabbi Woodring p. 259

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusMetulaAdams and Adams 1853
speciesgabbi

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.

†Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Zanclean or 11.62000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Metula gabbi (93062 93145 93171 93172 93175 93176 93177 134661 134662)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Metula gabbi (131199)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Metula gabbi (142931 142934 145249 145254 145278 145335 145341 145342 145343 145344)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Metula gabbi (131660)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Metula gabbi (74964 80136)