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Fasciolaria tulipa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Murex tulipa was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; western Atlantic]. It is extant. It is the type species of Fasciolaria.

It was recombined as Fasciolaria tulipa by Olsson (1922), Woodring (1964), Snyder (2003) and Snyder et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
F. flexicostata, F. restituta, F. ripleyana, F. trapezium, F. tropiphora, F. utahensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex tulipa Linnaeus p. 754
1922Fasciolaria tulipa Olsson p. 105
1964Fasciolaria tulipa Woodring p. 275
2003Fasciolaria tulipa Snyder p. 211
2012Fasciolaria tulipa Snyder et al.

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFasciolariinaeGray 1853
genusFasciolariaLamarck 1799
speciestulipa(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Fasciolaria tulipa Linnaeus 1758
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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 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.60800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica Fasciolaria tulipa (134679)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Fasciolaria tulipa (60414 60415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Fasciolaria tulipa (66773)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Cuba (Matanzas) Fasciolaria tulipa (152870)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Fasciolaria tulipa (41705)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fasciolaria tulipa (79739 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Fasciolaria tulipa (69047)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Fasciolaria tulipa (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Fasciolaria tulipa (66760)