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Vexillum (Uromitra) plicatulum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae

Taxonomy
Mitra plicatula was named by Brocchi (1814) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene; Mediterranean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Vexillum (Uromitra) plicatulum by Davoli (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Uromitra brazosana, Uromitra cimbrica, Uromitra cophina, Uromitra etremoides, Uromitra fulleri, Uromitra lirocostata, Uromitra neozelanioa, Uromitra obeliscus, Uromitra terplicata, Uromitra teschi, Uromitra vokesae, V. analoga, V. angustissima, V. approxima, V. attiguum, V. avellanum, V. batavianum, V. batavianum, V. bellum, V. borsoni, V. canaliculatum, V. capense, V. cellulifera, V. cervilirata, V. cincta, V. consanguineum, V. costellaris, V. crebricostatum, V. cruentatum, V. ctenotum, V. decipiens, V. formosense, V. gedinganense, V. gembacanum, V. hastatum, V. laevicostata, V. lintoidea, V. lirocostata, V. marrowi, V. minuta, V. multiostata, V. notabilis, V. obeliscus, V. ornatum, V. pluricostatum, V. pricardium, V. radix, V. rectiplicata, V. roemeri, V. setsukoae, V. shurmanni, V. similis, V. subglobosum, V. sucabumianum, V. taeniataeformis, V. taeniatum, V. tallahalaensis, V. terebellum, V. triptum, V. turritum, V. vulpeca, V. vulpecula, V. inornatum, V. montense, V. subcostatum, V. cellulifera, V. bellum, V. biarritzensis, V. cernohorskyi, V. curentatum, V. discoloria, V. festum, V. fuscoapicatum, V. gembacana, V. gembacana, V. leucozonias, V. lirocostatum, V. melongena, V. obeliscum, V. obeliscus, V. obeliscus, V. progoensis, V. radius, V. roseum, V. sanguisuga, V. stainforthi, V. strasfogeli, V. subtruncatum, V. syntonum, V. thangaense, V. tortuosum, V. vexans, V. vindobonense, V. zebuense, V. approximatum, V. glandiforme, V. microzonias, V. millecostatum, V. aciculum, V. amblipleura, V. barbieri, V. barnardense, V. berkeyi, V. boreocinctum, V. cimbrica, V. climacoton, V. climax, V. cnestum, V. ctenotum, V. gliberti, V. gunteri, V. hamadryados, V. hamadryas, V. hastatum, V. healeyi, V. macfadyeni, V. mangilopse, V. mikkulum, V. myrum, V. pliactulum, V. pluricostulata, V. syrum, V. triptum, V. willcoxi, V. willcoxi, V. batavianum, V. coccineum, V. subdivisum, V. vavakuana, V. vulpecula, Vexilum cupresianum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Mitra plicatula Brocchi
2000Vexillum (Uromitra) plicatulum Davoli p. 206

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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
superfamilyTurbinelloidea
familyCostellariidaeMacDonald 1860
genusVexillumBellardi 1887
subgenusUromitra
speciesplicatulum(Brocchi 1814)

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.

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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 08:21:32
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:32
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Badenian to the top of the Piacenzian or 13.82000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Romania Mitra plicatula (86875)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Greece Vexillum plicatulum (72305)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Vexillum plicatulum (72310)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece Vexillum plicatulum (72318)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Greece Vexillum plicatulum (72414)