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Rimella canalis

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Strombus canalis was named by Coquebert and Brongniart (1793) [DISTRIBUTION: Eocene; western Europe.]. Its type specimen is MNHN.F.A51121, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Grignon (Brongniart collection), which is in a Lutetian open shallow subtidal sandstone/sandstone in France. It is the type species of Ectinochilus, Rimetella.

It was recombined as Rostellaria canalis by Swainson (1840); it was recombined as Rimella (Ectinochilus) canalis by Cossmann (1889); it was recombined as Dientomochilus (Ectinochilus) canalis by Cossmann and Pissarro (1911); it was recombined as Rimetella canalis by Hanna (1924); it was recombined as Ectinochilus canalis by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); it was recombined as Rimella canalis by Cossmann (1892) and Squires (2013).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
R. mexcala

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Strombus canalis Coquebert and Brongniart p. 56 figs. Pl 5, fig 5
1803Strombus canalis Lamarck p. 219 figs. Pl 4, fig 3
1840Rostellaria canalis Swainson p. 146
1889Rimella (Ectinochilus) canalis Cossmann p. 91
1892Rimella canalis Cossmann
1911Dientomochilus (Ectinochilus) canalis Cossmann and Pissarro
1924Rimetella canalis Hanna p. 179
1995Ectinochilus canalis Pacaud and Le Renard
2013Rimella canalis Squires p. 830 figs. Table 1

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
genusRimellaAgassiz 1840
speciescanalis()

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.

†Rimella canalis Coquebert and Brongniart 1793
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:58:30
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:58:30
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Lutetian or 56.00000 to 41.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Ectinochilus canalis (77608)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Ectinochilus canalis (75402)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) Ectinochilus canalis (177970 177971 177972 177975)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Ectinochilus canalis (171526) Strombus canalis (184152)