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Typhina alata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Typhis alatus was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is BMNH GG 20084, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Typhis (Talityphis) alatus by Woodring (1959), Gertman (1969), Vokes (1983); it was recombined as Typhina alata by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Typhis alatus Sowerby p. 48
1911Typhis alatus Brown and Pilsbry p. 354
1917Typhis alatus Maury p. 100
1922Typhis alatus Olsson p. 132
1959Typhis (Talityphis) alatus Woodring p. 221
1969Typhis (Talityphis) alatus Gertman p. 159
1983Typhis (Talityphis) alatus Vokes p. 124
2010Typhina alata Landau and Marques da Silva p. 66

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTyphinaeCossmann 1903
genusTyphinaJousseaume 1880
speciesalata(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.

†Typhina alata Sowerby 1850
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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Typhis alatus (41760 42290 42366)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Typhis alatus (52169 92599 134661)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Typhis alatus (41764 60675)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Typhis alatus (96520)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Ecuador Typhis alatus (96441)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Typhis alatus (74967)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Typhis alatus (41762)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Typhis alatus (90857)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Typhis alatus (58522)