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Strombina (Lirastrombina) costaricensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Strombina costaricensis was named by Olsson (1922). Its type specimen is PRI 21054, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Middle Creek [Rio Banano Fm], which is in a Piacenzian marine siliciclastic in the Rio Banano Formation of Costa Rica.

It was recombined as Strombina (Lirastrombina) costaricensis by Jung (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ceryx, S. chrirquiensis, S. lampra, S. lissa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Strombina costaricensis Olsson p. 128 figs. pl. 10, figs. 8, 16, 17
1989Strombina (Lirastrombina) costaricensis Jung p. 107

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyColumbellinaeSwainson 1840
genusStrombinaMörch 1852
subgenusLirastrombina
speciescostaricensis()

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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Strombina costaricensis (134657)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Strombina costaricensis (131307 131308 131309 131919 134653)