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Pyrene (Alia) (dovesnail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Alia was named by Adams and Adams (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Columbella (Alia) by Gabb (1866), Oldroyd (1925), Oostingh (1935); it was reranked as Pyrene (Alia) by Harzhauser (2002).

It was assigned to Columbella by Gabb (1866), Oldroyd (1925), Oostingh (1935); to Pyrene by Harzhauser (2002); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Alia Adams and Adams
1866Columbella (Alia) Gabb p. 10
1925Columbella (Alia) Oldroyd p. 122
1935Columbella (Alia) Oostingh p. 69
2002Pyrene (Alia) Harzhauser p. 98
2002Alia Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusPyreneRöding 1798
subgenusAlia(Adams and Adams 1853)

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.

Subg. Pyrene (Alia) Adams and Adams 1853 [dovesnail]
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Alia carinata Hinds 1844 [carinate dovesnail]
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Invalid names: Columbella (Astyris) californiana Gaskoin 1851 [synonym]
Alia unifasciata Sowerby 1832
†Pyrene (Alia) polonica Pusch 1837
Invalid names: Columbella (Alia) carinata hindsi Reeve 1858 [invalid subgroup]
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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 132.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.77 Ma

Collections (84 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.6 - 125.77Switzerland Alia hiselyi (2256)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Austria Pyrene polinica (77625) Pyrene polonica (77622 77624 77626)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Alia curta (178108 178111)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Alia curta (178112)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Pyrene polonica (38823)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Columbella bandongensis (84523) Columbella tegalensis (84519 84521 84545)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Alia carinata (214270 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Mitrella carinata (238421)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Columbella carinata (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Mitrella carinata (237590)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Mitrella carinata (231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Mitrella carinata (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mitrella carinata (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Alia carinata (186841 186844) Columbella carinata (201624 240572) Mitrella carinata (237604)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Mitrella carinata (37933 37937 37938 37941 37942 37943 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Alia carinata, Columbella gausapata (207886) Columbella californiana (222663 222664) Columbella californiana, Columbella carinata (138723) Mitrella carinata (96894 202492 202493 202494 203095 223329 223525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Mitrella carinata (223009)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Mitrella carinata (52347 67613 67641 226468)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mitrella carinata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alia carinata (96937) Astyris carinata (222674) Columbella carinata (240554 240555) Mitrella carinata (37673 96566 96895 160361 202490 202491 219029 226458 240580 240587 240604 240609 240612 240613 240617 240620 240621 240635 240636 240643 240650 240651 240653 240661)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Mitrella unifasciata (96672)