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Searlesia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Searlesia was named by Harmer (1914) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Kelletia (Searlesia) by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

It was assigned to Chrysodomidae by Clark and Arnold (1923); to Kelletia by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); to Neptuneidae by Durham (1944); to Buccinidae by Ladd (1977); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1914Searlesia Harmer p. 135
1923Searlesia Clark and Arnold p. 159
1931Kelletia (Searlesia) Grant, IV and Gale p. 644
1944Searlesia Durham p. 176
1977Searlesia Ladd p. 49
2002Searlesia Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSearlesiaHarmer 1914

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. Searlesia Harmer 1914
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Kelletia (Searlesia) dira Reeve 1846 [dire whelk]
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Invalid names: Fusus incisus Gould 1849 [synonym]
Searlesia carlsoni Anderson and Martin 1914
Searlesia dentifera Vermeij 1991
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Invalid names: Searlesia ravni Schnetler and Beyer 1990 [synonym]
Searlesia dira Reeve 1846 [dire whelk]
Searlesia dira miocenica Etherington 1931
Searlesia mitgaui von Koenen 1867
Searlesia modesta Gould 1860
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Invalid names: Searlesia fuscolabiata Smith 1874 [synonym]
Searlesia olympicensis Durham 1944
Invalid names: Chrysodomus dirus meridiei Moody 1916 [invalid subgroup]
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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland S. sp. (22943)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) S. olympicensis (91606)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Canada (British Columbia) Chrysodomus dirus (63086)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Denmark S. dentifera (111475 234515) S. mitgaui (111474) S. mitgaui, S. dentifera (111472)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (California) S. sp. (37516)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Priscofusus carlsoni (167645)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) S. carlsoni (39583 39805)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Oregon) S. carlsoni (39597 39599 39600 39601 39604 39698 39798 39799 39803 39804 201690)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan S. sp. (44960)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) S. sp. (77921)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Japan (Yamaguchi) S. fuscolabiata (62300)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) S. dira (37941 37943 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Ireland S. forbes (178118)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) S. dira (37672 37673)