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Paraborsonia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Paraborsonia was named by Pilsbry (1922) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u T Mi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 549].

It was reranked as Borsonia (Paraborsonia) by Mansfield (1925).

It was assigned to Borsonia by Mansfield (1925); to Borsoniinae by Woodring (1970); to Turridae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Borsoniidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1922Paraborsonia Pilsbry p. 326
1925Borsonia (Paraborsonia) Mansfield p. 30
1970Paraborsonia Woodring p. 373
2001Paraborsonia Todd
2002Paraborsonia Sepkoski
2011Paraborsonia 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)
genusParaborsoniaPilsbry 1922

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. †Paraborsonia Pilsbry 1922
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†Paraborsonia brassoensis Mansfield 1925
†Paraborsonia laeta Jung 1971
Paraborsonia lindae Petuch 1987
†Paraborsonia varicosa Sowerby 1850
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 28.40000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama P. brassoensis (42572)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada P. sp. (58642 58644) P. varicosa (58689)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Borsonia cantaurana (60144 60709 60710)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) P. cantaurana (136885)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Trinidad and Tobago Borsonia brassoensis (74921)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada P. laeta, P. varicosa (58667 58671) P. sp. (58670 58675 58678) P. varicosa (58666 58668 58674)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (135832)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (61344)