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Siphonalia phosoidea

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Siphonalia phosoidea was named by Hanna and Israelsky (1925). Its type specimen is CAS 1716, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Siphonalia phosoidea Hanna and Israelsky figs. pl. 7, fig. 10; pl. 8, figs. 5, 7

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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)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSiphonaliaAdams 1863
speciesphosoidea

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.

Siphonalia phosoidea Hanna and Israelsky 1925
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G. D. Hanna and M. C. Israelsky 1925Shell fusiform, ventricose, with apical angle of 38°, gently shouldered, with short open canal; sculpture consisting of numerous, nearly equally spaced spiral lirse, those on the base being coarser than the others; where crossed by growth lines nodules are formed; axial sculpture consisting of slightly oblique ribs which become strongest at shoulder where they form nodes (seven on body whorl) ; suture slightly raised, undulating; aperture elliptical, produced anteriorly into a short open siphonal canal; columella somewhat twisted.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Miocene or 23.04000 to 15.98000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Peru Siphonalia phosoidea (93740 93747 93748)