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Galeodes cornutus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Pyrula cornuta was named by Agassiz (1843) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; Europe, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Melongena cornuta by Vredenburg (1925) and Bohm (1926); it was recombined as Galeodes cornutus by Baluk (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Pyrula cornuta Agassiz p. 89
1925Melongena cornuta Vredenburg p. 179
1926Melongena cornuta Bohm p. 68
1995Galeodes cornutus Baluk pp. 249 - 250 figs. pl. 36 f. 7-8

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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)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
subfamilyMelongeninae(Gill 1871)
genusGaleodesSchumacher 1817
speciescornutus(Agassiz 1843)

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.

†Galeodes cornutus Agassiz 1843
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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 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Tortonian or 23.03000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Melongena cornuta (70242 74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Melongena cornuta (77172)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Melongena cornuta (111599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Melongena cornuta (179086)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Bordeaux) Melongena cornuta (48660)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Turkey Galeodes cornutus (78548)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Galeodes cornutus (72305)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Galeodes cornutus (38823)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey Galeodes cornutus (179778)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Galeodes cornutus (72310)