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Strombus gatunensis

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy

Strombus gatunensis was named by Toula (1908). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. altispirus, S. arayensis, S. bubonius, S. coronaturs, S. dodoneus, S. erici, S. erythrinus, S. etalloni, S. evergladensis, S. floridus, S. fragilis, S. gendiganensis, S. gendinganensis, S. geninganensis, S. gibberulus, S. goeldii, S. granulatus, S. helli, S. incerta, S. keatonorum, S. latus, S. leidyi, S. leurus, S. liocyclus, S. madiuensis, S. marginatus, S. maximus, S. mayacensis, S. mitroparvus, S. muricatus, S. mutabilis, S. naticiformis, S. oostergaardi, S. plicatus, S. pugilis, S. pugilis, S. pugilis, S. pugilus, S. rembangensis, S. sondeianus, S. spinosus, S. tricornis, S. tridentatus, S. unifasciatus, S. varinginensis, S. elegans, S. erythrinus, S. floridus, S. gendinganensis, S. plicatus, S. praegibberulus, S. terebellus, S. fortisi, S. minimus, S. plicatus, S. variabilis, S. vomer, S. mayacensis, S. deformis, S. malekulensis, S. minimus, S. pregibberulus, S. fennemai, S. fusiformis, S. rembangensis, S. triangulus, S. varinginensis, S. varinginensis, S. varinginensis, S. varinginensis, S. varinginensis, S. epidromus, S. fennemai, S. labiosus, S. madiunensis, S. pulchellus, S. rutteni, S. sumatranus, S. turritus, S. variabilis, S. varinginensis, S. micklei, S. tricornis, S. suessi, S. bubonius, S. maximus, S. minimus, S. tjilonganensis, S. tuberosus, S. maximus, S. sinuatus, S. thersites

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1908	Strombus gatunensis Toula p. 698 figs. pl. 25, figs. 7, 8
1911	Strombus gatunensis Brown and Pilsbry p. 355
1922	Strombus gatunensis Olsson p. 141

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Strombidae	Rafinesque 1815
subfamily	Strombinae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Strombus	Linnaeus 1758
species	gatunensis	Toula 1908

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.

†Strombus gatunensis Toula 1908

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Entire body:

yesg

Adult width:

10 to < 100g

Adult height:

100 to < 1000g

Thickness:

thickg

Folds:

minorg

Ribbing:

minorg

Spines:

noneg

Internal reinforcement:

noneg

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

omnivoref

Diet 2:

grazerf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-03-16 10:28:32

Modified:

2009-03-16 12:28:32

Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class

References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (17 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	Strombus gatunensis (145254 145255 145281 145332)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	Strombus gatunensis (52170 52174 82124 93053 93054 93167 93176 93177 134661)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Costa Rica (Limon)	Strombus gatunensis (96520)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Panama	Strombus gatunensis (60702)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Panama	Strombus gatunensis (134663)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Costa Rica	Strombus gatunensis (134653)