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Lobatus dominator

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Strombus dominator was named by Pilsbry (1917). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Lobatus dominator by Landau et al. (2008), Freiheit and Geary (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Strombus maoensis Maury pp. 120-121 figs. pl. 21, fig. 1
1917Strombus dominator Pilsbry
2008Lobatus dominator Landau et al. p. 32
2008Lobatus maoensis Landau et al. p. 32
2009Lobatus dominator Freiheit and Geary p. 21

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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
genusLobatusIredale 1921
speciesdominator(Pilsbry 1917)

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.

Lobatus dominator Pilsbry 1917
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Invalid names: Strombus maoensis Maury 1917 [synonym]
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 Middle Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 48.07000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (32 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene - Early/Lower Oligocene48.07 - 27.3Haiti Strombus maoensis (173456)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Lobatus dominator (84952 84960 89557 89567 93601 93689 93716 93717 94001 94104 131563 131643 131645 131656 131657 131658 131659 131661)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lobatus dominator (74967 75036 75037 75038 75040 75043 89558 89561)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Strombus maoensis (58815)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lobatus dominator (74968 93733 93737 93852)