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Asprella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Asprella was named by Schaufuss (1869).

It was reranked as Conus (Asprella) by Petuch (1988), Petuch (1997).

It was assigned to Conus by Petuch (1988), Petuch (1997); and to Conidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Asprella Schaufuss
1937Embrikena Iredale
1988Conus (Asprella) Petuch p. 162
1991Graphiconus da Motta
1997Conus (Asprella) Petuch p. 135
2011Asprella Bouchet et al. p. 275

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusAsprellaSchaufuss 1869

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.

G. †Asprella Schaufuss 1869
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Invalid names: Embrikena Iredale 1937 [synonym], Graphiconus da Motta 1991 [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 08:08:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:46
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Conus kendrewi (80184)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.45 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Conus toyamaensis (176560)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Conus prelepidus (89169)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) A. ornatissima (179627)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) A. busuegoi, A. sinensis (41651)