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Semicassis monilifera

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1846Cassis monilifera Sowerby p. 260 figs. pl. 4, fig. 65
2001Semicassis monilifera Frassinetti p. 80

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyPhaliinaeBeu 1981
genusSemicassisMörch 1852
speciesmonilifera(Sowerby 1846)

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.

†Semicassis monilifera Sowerby 1846
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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 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Chile Semicassis monilifera (78523 78526 79035 79036)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Chile Semicassis monilifera (78524 78525)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Chile Semicassis monilifera (78536)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile Semicassis monilifera (79201 79203 79209)