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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

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

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyStrombinaeRafinesque 1815
genusStrombusLinnaeus 1758
speciesgatunensisToula 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, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Miocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 11.60800 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Strombus gatunensis (145254 145255 145281 145332)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Strombus gatunensis (52170 52174 82124 93053 93054 93167 93176 93177 134661)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) Strombus gatunensis (96520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama Strombus gatunensis (60702)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Strombus gatunensis (134663)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Strombus gatunensis (134653)