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Surcula riomaonis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae

Taxonomy

Surcula riomaonis was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Clavatula javana, Clavatula javana, Pleurotoma libyca, Pleurotoma sucabumiana, S. avia, S. bardini, S. chinensis, S. crassicosta, S. destefanii, S. diademata, S. exorta, S. fissicosta, S. hauniensis, S. inarata, S. intermedia, S. johnstrupi, S. laevigata, S. lanceolata, S. macilenta, S. microdonta, S. miqueli, S. nasuta, S. nuervagranada, S. perlonga, S. rosenkrantzi, S. rostrata, S. rostrata, S. sismondiana, S. streptopleura, S. striatula, S. taltibia, S. textiliosa, S. torelli, S. terebralis, S. boeggildi, S. koeneni, S. camposi, Turricula drilliaeformis, Turricula everwyni, Turricula gembacana, Turricula hannonica, Turricula jogjacartensis, Turricula kelirensis, Turricula nanggulanensis, Turricula pamotanensis, Turricula plagiaria, Turricula plagioptyx, Turricula pollii, Turricula pulchra, Turricula reevei, Turricula rembangensis, Turricula samarangana, Turricula tallavignesii, Turricula waringinensis, Turris djiki

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1917	Surcula riomaonis Maury pp. 49-50 figs. pl. 8, fig. 3

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Clavatulidae	(Gray 1853)
genus	Surcula	Schumacher 1817
species	riomaonis

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.

†Surcula riomaonis Maury 1917

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

carnivoresuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:08:14

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:08:14

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Dominican Republic	Surcula riomaonis (58815)