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Polystira barretti

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma barretti was named by Guppy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is BMNH 64065, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Turris albida barretti by Weisbord (1929); it was recombined as Pleuroliria (Polystira) barretti by Woodring (1970); it was recombined as Polystira barretti by Woodring (1928), Thomas (1972) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. albidata, P. albidoides, P. panamensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Pleurotoma barretti Guppy p. 290 figs. pl. 17, fig. 6
1928Polystira barretti Woodring p. 146
1929Turris albida barretti Weisbord p. 53
1970Pleuroliria (Polystira) barretti Woodring p. 365
1972Polystira barretti Thomas p. 120
2010Polystira barretti Landau and Marques da Silva p. 110

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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)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusPolystira
speciesbarretti(Guppy 1866)

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.

†Polystira barretti Guppy 1866
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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 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Ecuador (Guayas) Turris albida (60722)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Turris albida (60979 60980 60984)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Polystira barretti (179723)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Polystira barretti (60144 60703 60707 60710)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Turris albida (60684)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Bolivar) Turris albida (60687)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Pleurotoma albida (70856)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Turris albida (58816 58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Turris albida (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Mexico (Veracruz) Pleurotoma albida (59282)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Polystira barretti (131219 131220) Turris albida (88296)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Turris albida (96539 96543)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Turris albida (88294)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti Turris albida (66810)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Colombia Turris albida (93726)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Polystira barretti (58522 69089 69090 69092 69093 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Polystira barretti (59420)