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Vexillum (Costellaria) cryptidulum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

Taxonomy
Vexillum (Costellaria) cryptidulum was named by Woodring (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 369437, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Costellaria ickei, Costellaria obeliscus, Costellaria semiplicata, Mitra exasperata, Mitra judaeorum, Mitra obeliscus, V. analoga, V. angustissima, V. approxima, V. attiguum, V. avellanum, V. batavianum, V. batavianum, V. bellum, V. borsoni, V. canaliculatum, V. capense, V. cellulifera, V. cervilirata, V. cincta, V. consanguineum, V. costellaris, V. crebricostatum, V. cruentatum, V. ctenotum, V. decipiens, V. formosense, V. gedinganense, V. gembacanum, V. hastatum, V. laevicostata, V. lintoidea, V. lirocostata, V. marrowi, V. minuta, V. multiostata, V. notabilis, V. obeliscus, V. ornatum, V. pluricostatum, V. pricardium, V. radix, V. rectiplicata, V. roemeri, V. setsukoae, V. shurmanni, V. similis, V. subglobosum, V. sucabumianum, V. taeniataeformis, V. taeniatum, V. tallahalaensis, V. terebellum, V. triptum, V. turritum, V. vulpeca, V. vulpecula, V. inornatum, V. montense, V. subcostatum, V. cellulifera, V. bellum, V. biarritzensis, V. cernohorskyi, V. curentatum, V. discoloria, V. festum, V. fuscoapicatum, V. gembacana, V. gembacana, V. leucozonias, V. lirocostatum, V. melongena, V. obeliscum, V. obeliscus, V. obeliscus, V. progoensis, V. radius, V. roseum, V. sanguisuga, V. stainforthi, V. strasfogeli, V. subtruncatum, V. syntonum, V. thangaense, V. tortuosum, V. vexans, V. vindobonense, V. zebuense, V. approximatum, V. glandiforme, V. microzonias, V. millecostatum, V. aciculum, V. amblipleura, V. barbieri, V. barnardense, V. berkeyi, V. boreocinctum, V. cimbrica, V. climacoton, V. climax, V. cnestum, V. ctenotum, V. gliberti, V. gunteri, V. hamadryados, V. hamadryas, V. hastatum, V. healeyi, V. macfadyeni, V. mangilopse, V. mikkulum, V. myrum, V. pliactulum, V. pluricostulata, V. syrum, V. triptum, V. willcoxi, V. willcoxi, V. batavianum, V. coccineum, V. subdivisum, V. vavakuana, V. vulpecula, Vexilum bullenewtoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Vexillum (Costellaria) cryptidulum Woodring p. 246 figs. pl. 14, fig. 17
2008Vexillum (Costellaria) cryptidulum Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyCostellariidaeMacDonald 1860
genusVexillumRöding 1798
subgenusCostellariaSwainson 1840
speciescryptidulum

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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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 08:21:32
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:32
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Vexillum cryptidulum (58522)