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Vokesinotus lepidotus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Coralliophila lepidota was named by Dall (1890). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Vokesinotus.

It was recombined as Vokesinotus lepidotus by Petuch (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Coralliophila lepidota Dall
1988Vokesinotus lepidotus Petuch p. 57

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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
subfamilyOcenebrinaeCossmann 1903
genusVokesinotus
specieslepidotus(Dall 1890)

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.

Vokesinotus lepidotus Dall 1890
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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 Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Vokesinotus lepidotus (96535)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Vokesinotus lepidotus (79959 79960)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Vokesinotus lepidotus (35025)