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Benthomangelia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Benthomangelia was named by Thiele (1925) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by Kiel (2006); to Mangeliinae by MacNeil (1960), Wienrich and Janssen (2007); and to Mangeliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011), Schnetler et al. (2024).

Species
B. grippi
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. holzapfeli, B. obtusangula, B. xeniae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Benthomangelia Thiele
1960Benthomangelia MacNeil p. 115
2002Benthomangelia Sepkoski
2006Benthomangelia Kiel p. 128
2007Benthomangelia Wienrich and Janssen p. 692
2011Benthomangelia Bouchet et al. p. 281
2024Benthomangelia Schnetler et al. p. 23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusBenthomangeliaThiele 1925

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.

G. Benthomangelia Thiele 1925
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†Benthomangelia grippi Anderson 1964
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 Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 27.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) B. sp. (205201)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark B. holzapfeli (234515)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) B. obtusangula, B. grippi (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) B. obtusangula, B. grippi (62884)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) B. obtusangula (62899 62903 62935 62943 62952 62958 62961)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany B. sp., B. grippi (111599)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) B. obtusangula (61896 61901 61902 61903 61905 61907 62887 62888 62889) B. obtusangula, B. grippi (61897 61898 61900 61906 62885 62886) B. obtusangula, B. xeniae (61904)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Denmark B. obtusangula (98312)