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Bufonaria elegans

Gastropoda - Bursidae

Taxonomy
Ranella elegans was named by Sowerby (1836) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Ranella (Apollon) elegans by Vredenburg (1925); it was recombined as Bufonaria (Bufonaria) elegans by Beu (1987), Beu (2005); it was recombined as Bufonaria elegans by Hendy (2007).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. ignobilis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Ranella elegans Sowerby figs. pl. 92, fig. 17
1841Ranella elegans Beck
1879Ranella elegans Martin p. 55
1925Ranella (Apollon) elegans Vredenburg p. 258
1987Bufonaria (Bufonaria) elegans Beu figs. figs. 207-210
2005Bufonaria (Bufonaria) elegans Beu p. 11
2007Bufonaria elegans Hendy

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyBursidaeThiele 1925
genusBufonariaSchumacher 1817
specieselegans(Sowerby 1836)

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.

Bufonaria elegans Sowerby 1836
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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 07:59:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 48.07000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Ranella elegans (70102)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Ranella elegans (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Ranella elegans (70098)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan Ranella elegans (77138)