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Conus imitator

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Synonyms
  • Conus dalli was named by Toula (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was recombined as Conus (Lithoconus) dalli by Cossmann (1913) and Cossmann (1913); it was synonymized subjectively with Conus imitator by Woodring (1970) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry p. 342 figs. Pl. 23, fig 4
1911Conus dalli Toula p. 508 figs. pl. 31, fig. 23
1913Conus (Lithoconus) dalli Cossmann p. 41
1917Conus dalli Maury p. 48
1922Conus imitator Olsson p. 45
1928Conus (Leptoconus) imitator Woodring p. 209
1929Conus imitator Anderson p. 108
1940Conus imitator Mansfield p. 203
1960Conus imitator Barrios p. 295
1970Conus imitator Woodring p. 354
1971Conus imitator Jung p. 211
2009Gradiconus imitator Tucker and Tenorio p. 97
2010Conus imitator Landau and Marques da Silva p. 101

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConus
speciesimitatorBrown and Pilsbry 1911

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 imitator Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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†Conus imitator lius Woodring 1928
†Conus imitator sophus Olsson 1932
Invalid names: Conus dalli Toula 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:54:51
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:42:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) Conus imitator (41197)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru Conus sophus (66141)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Conus sophus (60737)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Conus imitator (60144 60703 60705)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada Conus imitator (58667 58674 58676)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador Conus sophus (134898)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Guayas) Conus sophus (61081 61083 61086)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Conus imitator (52170 52171 52172 93054 93057 93058 93059 93062 93145 93146 93148 93176 93222 93223 134661 134662)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Conus imitator (145254 145255 145281 145335 145343 145345)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Conus imitator (96520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Conus imitator (88296 97692 131220)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Conus springvalensis (60408 60637 74955)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Conus imitator (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Conus imitator (88312)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Conus imitator (60702)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Conus imitator (133227)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Conus imitator (134655)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Conus sophus (131293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Conus imitator (60771)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Conus imitator (134680)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Conus imitator (58522 69090 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Conus imitator (96440)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Conus imitator (79710 111010)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Conus imitator (134653)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Conus imitator (134663)