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Monoplex cercadicus

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Simpulum antillarum cercadicum was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is Holotype (no number), a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cymatium (Monoplex) cercadicum by Beu and Kay (1988); it was recombined as Monoplex cercadicus by Beu (2010), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Simpulum antillarum cercadicum Maury p. 270 figs. pl. 17, fig. 2
1988Cymatium (Monoplex) cercadicum Beu and Kay p. 214 figs. figs. 83-84
2010Monoplex cercadicus Beu
2010Monoplex cercadicus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 53

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
genusMonoplexPerry 1811
speciescercadicus()

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.

†Monoplex cercadicus Maury 1917
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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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Dominican Republic Monoplex cercadicus (92450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Monoplex cercadicus (41832 132319)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcón) Monoplex cercadicus (96434)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Monoplex cercadicus (74958)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Monoplex cercadicus (96470)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Monoplex cercadicus (136005)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Monoplex cercadicus (74934 131473) Simpulum antillarum (58817)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Monoplex cercadicus (75042 89540 93717)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Monoplex cercadicus (75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Monoplex cercadicus (136387)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Cymatium cercadicum (79710)