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Strombina (Spiralta) maculosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Columbella maculosa was named by Sowerby I (1832) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Baja California.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is BMNH 1982136, a shell.

It was recombined as Anachis (Strombina) maculosa by Carpenter (1855); it was recombined as Strombina maculosa by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Strombina (Spiralta) maculosa by Jung (1989).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Columbella maculosa Sowerby I p. 116
1855Anachis (Strombina) maculosa Carpenter p. 513
1931Strombina maculosa Grant, IV and Gale p. 699
1989Strombina (Spiralta) maculosa Jung p. 02

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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
subgenusSpiraltaJung 1986
speciesmaculosa(Sowerby I 1832)

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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Strombina maculosa (130805 130836 130837 130838 130839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) Strombina maculosa (89597)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) Strombina maculosa (130806 130835)