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Xenophora conchyliophora

Gastropoda - Xenophoridae

Taxonomy
Trochus conchyliophorus was named by Born (1780). It is extant.

It was recombined as Xenophora conchyliophora by Dall (1892), Martin (1904), Dall (1915), Dall (1916), Olsson (1922) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
X. conchyliphora, X. prognata, X. transiens, X. wemmelensis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Trochus conchyliophorus Born p. 333
1780Trochus conchyliophorus Born p. 333 figs. pl. 12, figs. 21-22
1807Xenophora laevigata Fischer von Waldheim
1892Xenophora conchyliophora Dall p. 360
1904Xenophora conchyliophora Martin p. 251
1915Xenophora conchyliophora Dall p. 105 figs. pl. 15, figs. 1-3
1916Xenophora conchyliophora Dall p. 518 figs. pl. 86, fig. 10
1922Xenophora conchyliophora Olsson p. 160
2010Xenophora conchyliophora Landau and Marques da Silva p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyXenophoroideaTroschel 1852
familyXenophoridaeTroschel 1852
genusXenophoraFischer von Waldheim 1807
speciesconchyliophora(Born 1780)

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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Invalid names: Xenophora laevigata Fischer von Waldheim 1807 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:06:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:06:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Xenophora conchyliophora (60834 60835)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Puerto Rico Xenophora conchyliophora (80288)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Xenophora conchyliophora (60979 112590)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) Xenophora conchyliophora (58454)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico Xenophora conchyliophora (80242 80243 80287)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Oxaca) Xenophora conchyliophora (59284)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Xenophora conchyliophora (60939)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Xenophora conchyliophora (58822 58823)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Xenophora conchyliophora (134673)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Xenophora conchyliophora (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117Mexico (Veracruz) Xenophora conchyliophora (59292)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Xenophora conchyliophora (79331)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Xenophora conchyliophora (60893)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Xenophora conchyliophora (96538)