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Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae

Taxonomy
Glyphostoma dentiferum was named by Gabb (1872) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was corrected as Glyphostoma dentifera by Maury (1917) and Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum by Woodring (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Glyphostoma dentiferum Gabb pp. 270-271 figs. pl. 11, fig. 4
1917Glyphostoma dentifera Maury p. 61
1922Glyphostoma dentifera Olsson p. 76
1970Glyphostoma (Glyphostoma) dentiferum Woodring p. 399

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyClathurellidae(Adams and Adams 1858)
genusGlyphostomaGabb 1872
subgenusGlyphostomaGabb 1872
speciesdentiferum(Gabb 1872)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Glyphostoma dentifera (173459)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Glyphostoma dentiferum (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Glyphostoma dentiferum (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Glyphostoma dentiferum (136881)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Glyphostoma dentiferum (136880)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Glyphostoma dentiferum (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Glyphostoma dentiferum (93145 93147 93160 93177)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Glyphostoma dentiferum (145254 145255 145276 145278)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Glyphostoma dentifera (134667)