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Strombina (Strombina) pumilio

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Columbella pumilio was named by Reeve (1858) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; northern South America.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1967940/1, a shell.

It was recombined as Columbella (Strombina) pumilio by Tryon (1882); it was recombined as Strombina pumilio by Woodring (1964); it was recombined as Strombina (Strombina) pumilio by Jung (1989) and Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. ceryx, S. chrirquiensis, S. lampra, S. lissa

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Columbella pumilio Reeve figs. pl, 24
1882Columbella (Strombina) pumilio Tryon p. 187
1962Strombina caboblanquensis Weisbord p. 323 figs. pl. 28, figs. 26-40
1964Strombina pumilio Woodring p. 252
1988Strombina caboblanquensis Petuch p. 158
1989Strombina (Strombina) pumilio Jung p. 69
2010Strombina (Strombina) pumilio Landau and Marques da Silva p. 74

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyColumbellinaeSwainson 1840
genusStrombinaMörch 1852
subgenusStrombinaMörch 1858
speciespumilio(Reeve 1858)

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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Invalid names: Strombina caboblanquensis Weisbord 1962 [synonym]
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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Strombina caboblanquensis (41541 41543 41545 41550 41551 41552 41554)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Strombina pumilio (131209 131210 131211 131212 131213 131214 131215 131216 131217 131218 131237 131270 131285)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Venezuela Strombina pumilio (131206 131207 131208 131267 131268 131280 131282 131284)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Strombina pumilio (131205)