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Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Synonyms
  • Conus sewalli was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Purpuriconus sewalli by Tucker and Tenorio (2009); it was synonymized subjectively with Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli by Hendricks (2015).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Conus (Stephanoconus) sewalli Maury
1917Conus sewalli Maury pp. 3-38 figs. pl. 5, fig. 3
1929Conus sewalli Anderson p. 108
2009Purpuriconus sewalli Tucker and Tenorio

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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
subgenusStephanoconus
speciessewalliMaury 1917

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.

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Invalid names: Conus sewalli Maury 1917 [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, Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Conus sewalli (88316)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Conus sewalli (106177)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Conus sewalli (75037 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia (Bolívar) Conus sewalli (88307)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Conus sewalli (58815 58822)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Conus sewalli (74968 80084 80136)