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Borsonella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Borsonella was named by Dall (1908) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Borsonia (Borsonella) by Dall (1908); it was reranked as Spirotropis (Borsonella) by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

It was assigned to Borsonia by Dall (1908); to Spirotropis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); to Borsoniinae by MacNeil (1960), Olsson (1964); to Turridae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Borsoniidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Borsonella Dall
1908Borsonia (Borsonella) Dall
1931Spirotropis (Borsonella) Grant, IV and Gale p. 550
1960Borsonella MacNeil p. 114
1964Borsonella Olsson p. 114
2001Borsonella Todd
2002Borsonella Sepkoski
2011Borsonella Bouchet et al. p. 278

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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)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusBorsonellaDall 1908

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. Borsonella Dall 1908
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Subg. Borsonella (Borsonella) Dall 1908
†Borsonella angelana Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Pleurotoma (Borsonia) dalli Arnold 1903 [replaced]
Borsonella bartschi Arnold 1903
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Invalid names: Borsonella nicoli Dall 1919 [synonym], Pleurotoma (Borsonia) bartschi curta Arnold 1903 [synonym]
†Borsonella hooveri Arnold 1903
Borsonella merriami Arnold 1903
†Borsonella nuncapatia Hanna 1924
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Invalid names: Turris lincolnensis Van Winkle 1918 [replaced]
Borsonella pinosensis Bartsch 1944
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.04 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Turris lincolnensis (241946)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile B. sp. (78524)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) B. sp. (61347)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) B. turbina (60772)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica B. adamsi, B. harrisi (66790)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) B. bartschi (138723 202632 202636 202638 202648 222998) B. bartschi, B. barbarensis (202637) B. bartschi, B. barbarensis, Pseudomelatoma merriami (202634) B. hooveri (222995) Borsonia bartschi (203108) Pleurotoma bartschi, Pleurotoma dalli, Drillia merriami (222665) Pleurotoma bartschi, Pleurotoma dalli, Pleurotoma hooveri, Drillia merriami, Borsonia nychia (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) B. bartschi (160361) Spirotropis barbarensis (59063)