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Mirula plicatula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae

Taxonomy
Terebra plicatula was named by Lamarck (1803) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Lamarck collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France.

It was recombined as Hastula plicatila by Piccoli and Savazzi (1983); it was recombined as Mirula plicatula by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Terebra plicatula Lamarck p. 166 figs. Pl 3, fig 23
1983Hastula plicatila Piccoli and Savazzi
1995Mirula plicatula Pacaud and Le Renard

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTerebridaeMörch 1852
subfamilyTerebrinaeMörch 1852
genusMirulaBruguière 1789
speciesplicatula()

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.

†Mirula plicatula Lamarck 1803
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 08:57:07
Modified: 2009-03-16 13:34:28
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Terebra plicatula (38868)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) Mirula plicatula (177970)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Terebra plicatula (184107)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Mirula plicatula (8124 8125)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Terebra plicatula (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Hastula plicatila (78567)