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Mitrella gausapata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Columbella gausapata was named by Gould (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Amycla gausapata by Cooper (1888); it was recombined as Mitrella carinata gausapata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Mitrella gausapata by Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Columbella gausapata Gould p. 170
1855Nassa pedroana Conrad p. 17 figs. Fig. 48
1857Nitidella gouldii Carpenter p. 208
1888Amycla gausapata Cooper
1931Mitrella carinata gausapata Grant, IV and Gale pp. 693-694 figs. pl. 26, fig. 44
1932Mitrella gouldii Soper and Grant p. 1061
1950Mitrella gausapata Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
2021Mitrella gausapata Hendy

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusMitrellaRisso 1826
speciesgausapata(Gould 1850)

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.

Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850
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Invalid names: Mitrella gouldii Carpenter 1857 [synonym], Nassa pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym]
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Mitrella gausapata (194803 194892 195030)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Mitrella gausapata (97230 97231 97241 97401 97403)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Mitrella gausapata (153705)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Mitrella gausapata (214260 214267 214269 214271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Mitrella gouldii (96571 96572 96575 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Columbella gausapata (186031) Mitrella gausapata (189542 189546 189547 189549)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Mitrella gausapata (189561 189761 189762 189765 207666 207667 207668 207669 207671 207672 207673 207674 207675 207676 207694 207710 207724 214277 214281 214282 214285 214286)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Mitrella gouldii (168757 231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Mitrella gausapata (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Columbella gausapata (71142)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Columbella gausapata (207886 222663 222664 222665 222666) Mitrella gausapata (202632 202634 202635 202636 202639 202644 202646 203095 203108 223329) Nitidella gouldii (138723)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Amycla gausapata, Nitidella gouldii (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Columbella gausapata (222659 222660 222661 222662) Nassa pedroana (222650)