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Clathrodrillia venusta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma venusta was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was corrected as Pleurotoma venustum by Guppy (1866); it was recombined as Turris (Drillia) venusta by Gabb (1873); it was recombined as Pleurotoma (Drillia) venusta by Dall (1903); it was recombined as Drillia venusta by Maury (1917), Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Clathrodrillia venusta by Woodring (1928), Woodring (1970), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. harrisi, C. kutaiana, C. perspirata, C. freyei

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pleurotoma venusta Sowerby p. 50 figs. pl. 10, fig. 7
1866Pleurotoma venustum Guppy p. 289
1873Turris (Drillia) venusta Gabb p. 208
1903Pleurotoma (Drillia) venusta Dall p. 1583
1917Drillia venusta Maury p. 52
1922Drillia venusta Olsson p. 61
1928Clathrodrillia venusta Woodring p. 153
1970Clathrodrillia venusta Woodring p. 383
2010Clathrodrillia venusta Landau and Marques da Silva p. 112

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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)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusClathrodrilliaDall 1918
speciesvenusta(Sowerby 1850)

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.

†Clathrodrillia venusta Sowerby 1850
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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: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Drillia venusta (134661)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Clathrodrillia venusta (75038 75039 75040) Drillia venusta (74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Drillia venusta (58815 58819 58821 58822 58873)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Drillia venusta (134667)