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Pallacera costatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Phos costatus was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pallacera costatus by Woodring (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. gaudelupensis

Synonyms
  • Phos pedanus was named by Gardner (1944). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Pallacera costatus by Woodring (1964).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Phos costatus Gabb pp. 212-213
1917Phos costatus Maury p. 87
1944Phos pedanus Gardner p. 461 figs. pl. 50, fig. 19
1964Pallacera costatus Woodring p. 269

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
genusPallacera
speciescostatus(Gabb 1873)

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.

†Pallacera costatus Gabb 1873
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Invalid names: Phos pedanus Gardner 1944 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Phos costatus (173458 173459)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Phos pedanus (42443)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Puerto Rico Phos costatus (80243)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Phos costatus (58817)