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Thais (Mancinella)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Mancinella was named by Link (1807). It is extant.

It was reranked as Thais (Mancinella) by Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Thaididae by Ladd (1982); and to Thais by Todd (2001).

Subtaxa
Mancinella aculeata (syn. Purpura hippocastanum)
Species lacking formal opinion data
Purpura nodosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1807Mancinella Link
1982Mancinella Ladd p. 42
2001Thais (Mancinella) Todd

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusThaisRöding 1798
subgenusMancinella(Link 1807)

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.

Subg. Thais (Mancinella) Link 1807
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Mancinella aculeata Deshayes and Milne-Edwards 1844
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Invalid names: Purpura hippocastanum Lamarck 1822 [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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan Mancinella sp. (70323)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Mancinella minoensis (176560)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hiroshima) Mancinella sp. (51423)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Mancinella deltoidea (131210 131237)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain Thais striolata (80562)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea Purpura hippocastanum (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Sudan Purpura hippocastanum (101414)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Pakistan Mancinella mancinella, Mancinella tuberosa (55403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Thais alouina (107972)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Mancinella luteostoma (97961)