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Concholepas concholepas

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum concholepas was named by Bruguiére (1789). It is extant.

It was recombined as Concholepas concholepas by DeVries (1995), DeVries (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. bieneri, C. kienieri
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2008-04-22

Synonyms
  • Concholepas peruviana was named by Lamarck (1801) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; eastern Pacific.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Concholepas concholepas by DeVries (2000).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Buccinum concholepas Bruguiére
1801Concholepas peruviana Lamarck
1995Concholepas concholepas DeVries p. 286
2000Concholepas concholepas DeVries p. 43

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusConcholepasLamarck 1801
speciesconcholepas(Bruguiére 1789)

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.

Concholepas concholepas Bruguiére 1789
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Invalid names: Concholepas peruviana Lamarck 1801 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteg
Composition 2: aragoniteg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2008-02-27 09:28:56
Modified: 2008-02-27 11:28:56
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Chile (Coquimbo) Concholepas concholepas (222364)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Chile (Atacama) Concholepas concholepas (221938)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Peru Concholepas concholepas (80406 89180 89181)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Chile (Copiapó) Concholepas concholepas (222834 222837 222838 222840 222841 222873 222874 222875 222876 222879 222880)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Chile (Coquimbo) Concholepas concholepas (221614)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.58 - 0.0Chile (Huasco) Concholepas concholepas (223289 223290 223291 223689)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0Chile (Copiapó) Concholepas concholepas (223446 223451)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Peru (Ica) Concholepas concholepas (219105)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Peru Concholepas concholepas (80426)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Concholepas concholepas (76643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) Concholepas concholepas (43708 43710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Concholepas concholepas (96672)