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Glyphostoma (Rhiglyphostoma) xeston

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clathurellidae

Taxonomy
Glyphostoma xeston was named by Gardner (1938). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS Loc. 3742 - Mossyhead [Shoal River Fm], which is in a Serravallian marine marl/sandstone in the Shoal River Formation of Florida. It is the type species of Glyphostoma (Rhiglyphostoma).

It was recombined as Glyphostoma (Rhiglyphostoma) xeston by Woodring (1970).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Glyphostoma xeston Gardner
1970Glyphostoma (Rhiglyphostoma) xeston Woodring p. 401

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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
subgenusRhiglyphostoma
speciesxeston(Gardner 1938)

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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Serravallian or 13.82000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Glyphostoma xeston (42692 type locality: 42870 111204 136943)