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Petaloconchus domingensis

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby p. 5 figs. pl. 1o, figs. 9a, b, c
1911Petaloconchus domingensis Brown and Pilsbry
1929Petaloconchus domingensis Weisbord p. 36

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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)
superfamilyVermetoideaRafinesque 1815
familyVermetidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVermetinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPetaloconchusLea 1843
speciesdomingensisSowerby 1849

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.

Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
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Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:50:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:04:10
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Zanclean or 15.98000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Colombia (Atlantico) Petaloconchus domingensis (60680 60683 60684)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Petaloconchus domingensis (131371 131382)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Petaloconchus domingensis (84956 84974 84984 84986 93601 93606 93652 93654 93687 93710 93712 94099 131497 131561 131563 131566 131567 131568 131569 131571 131645 131656 131658 131663 131664 131676 131677)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Petaloconchus domingensis (93714 93733 93737 93997 94003 94090)