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Concholepas kieneri

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Concholepas kieneri was named by Hupé (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Pliocene; Peru-Chile.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Concholepas kieneri Hupé p. 203
1995Concholepas kieneri DeVries p. 286

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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
specieskieneriHupé 1854

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 kieneri Hupé 1854
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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 Middle Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 15.98000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Peru Concholepas kieneri (76597)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Peru Concholepas kieneri (80500 80520 80554)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Chile Concholepas kieneri (80567)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Peru Concholepas kieneri (13079)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Peru Concholepas kieneri (80526 80551 80552 80553 89176 89177 89178 89183 89184)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Chile Concholepas kieneri (80566)