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Sconsia laevigata

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassidaria laevigata was named by Guppy (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata by Pflug (1961); it was recombined as Sconsia laevigata by Brown and Pilsbry (1911), Maury (1917), Olsson (1922), Anderson (1929), Petuch (1988), Beu (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cassidaria laevigata Guppy p. 47 figs. pl. 10, fig. 2
1911Sconsia laevigata Brown and Pilsbry p. 357
1917Sconsia laevigata Maury p. 111
1922Sconsia laevigata Olsson p. 136
1929Sconsia laevigata Anderson p. 142
1961Sconsia (Sconsia) laevigata Pflug p. 36
1988Sconsia laevigata Petuch p. 157
2010Sconsia laevigata Beu p. 236

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusSconsiaGray 1847
specieslaevigata(Guppy 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.

†Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850
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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 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Sconsia laevigata (41832 132319)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (74962)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Sconsia laevigata (60144)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcón) Sconsia laevigata (96434)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Venezuela (Falcon) Sconsia laevigata (136469)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (93686 131371 131667)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (58871)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (75041 84952 84956 84965 84974 89557 89559 89564 93601 93606 93652 93689 93709 93710 93716 93797 93996 94000 94005 131567 131568 131569 131571 131645 131656 131657 131658 131659 131663 131664)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (74911 74966 74967 74969 74971 75036 75039 75040 75043 89541 89542 89562) Sconsia laevigata, Sconsia laevigata (75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (58815 58818 58819 58821 58822 58823 84977 93734 94007)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Sconsia laevigata (96486)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (74965 80084 80136 84998 131639 131640)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (93655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Haiti Sconsia laevigata (60896 60898)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (94137)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Dominican Republic Sconsia laevigata (93612)