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Conus molis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Synonyms
  • Conus concavitectum was named by Brown and Pilsbry (1911) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Panama.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Conus molis by Woodring (1970).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Conus concavitectum Brown and Pilsbry p. 341 figs. pl. 23, figs. 5, 6
1911Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry p. 343 figs. pl. 23, fig. 1
1922Conus molis Olsson p. 42
1922Conus concavitectum Olsson p. 43
1929Conus molis Anderson p. 108
1929Conus molis Weisbord p. 56
1960Conus molis Barrios p. 295
1970Conus molis Woodring p. 348
2009Pyruconus molis Tucker and Tenorio
2010Conus molis Landau and Marques da Silva p. 100

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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)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConus
speciesmolis

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.

†Conus molis Brown and Pilsbry 1911
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Invalid names: Conus concavitectum Brown and Pilsbry 1911 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:54:51
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:42:47
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Abbott and Dance 1986

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

Collections (69 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Peru (Tumbes) Conus molis (58999 59000)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Conus molis (131222)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Conus molis (42482)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Conus molis (60144 60703 60705 60707 60710)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Conus molis (136883 156751 156795 156797 157336)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Conus molis (136878 136879 136880 136907 136909 157828 157830 158033 158097)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Conus molis (60684)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Manabi) Conus molis (60754)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Conus molis (58817)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Conus molis (52170 52172 93051 93057 93058 93062 93145 93146 93162 93163 93171 93172 93175 93176 93177 93222 93223) Conus molis, Conus concavitectum (134661)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Conus molis (145254 145255 145278 145281 145283 145342 145343 145344)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Conus molis (96520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Conus molis (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Conus molis (88296 96501 97682 97683 97692 131219 131220) Conus molis, Conus concavitectum (88297)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Conus molis (88298 133234)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Bolívar) Conus molis (88307)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Atlántico) Conus molis (88304)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia Conus molis (97688)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Conus molis (132644)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Conus molis, Conus concavitectum (134663)