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Lobatus costatus
Taxonomy
Strombus costatus was named by Gmelin (1791) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Florida, Caribbean.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Strombus (Macrostrombus).
It was recombined as Strombus (Macrostrombus) costatus by Petuch (1994); it was recombined as Macrostrombus costatus by Petuch (2004) and Petuch and Roberts (2007); it was recombined as Aliger costatus by Hendy et al. (2008); it was recombined as Lobatus costatus by Landau et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Strombus (Macrostrombus) costatus by Petuch (1994); it was recombined as Macrostrombus costatus by Petuch (2004) and Petuch and Roberts (2007); it was recombined as Aliger costatus by Hendy et al. (2008); it was recombined as Lobatus costatus by Landau et al. (2008).
Subspecies
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1791 | Strombus costatus Gmelin |
| 1994 | Strombus (Macrostrombus) costatus Petuch pp. 258-259 |
| 2004 | Macrostrombus costatus Petuch |
| 2007 | Macrostrombus costatus Petuch and Roberts |
| 2008 | Aliger costatus Hendy et al. |
| 2008 | Lobatus costatus Landau et al. p. 36 |
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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.
Lobatus costatus Gmelin 1791
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Strombus (Macrostrombus) costatus griffini Petuch 1994
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range
Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.58 Ma
Collections (3 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Strombus costatus (131217) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Lobatus costatus (96538) Macrostrombus costatus (79739) |