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Thais (Cymia) costata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura costata was named by Blainville (1832). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thais (Cymia) costata by Oostingh (1935).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1832Purpura costata Blainville figs. pl. 2, fig. 8
1935Thais (Cymia) costata Oostingh p. 66

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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
genusThaisMörch 1860
subgenusCymia
speciescostata(Blainville 1832)

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.

Thais (Cymia) costata Blainville 1832
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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Pliocene or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Thais costata (42289)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Thais costata (84520 84533 84543)