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Antillophos (Rhipophos) metuloides

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Phos metuloides was named by Dall (1896) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Antillophos (Rhipophos) metuloides by Woodring (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. abundans, A. multilineatum, Tritiaria dictyola

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1896Phos metuloides Dall p. 310 figs. pl. 28, fig. 15
1911Phos metuloides Brown and Pilsbry p. 350
1917Phos metuloides Maury p. 88
1922Phos metuloides Olsson p. 123
1964Antillophos (Rhipophos) metuloides Woodring p. 266

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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
genusAntillophosWoodring 1928
subgenusRhipophos
speciesmetuloides(Dall 1896)

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 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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tortonian or 11.62000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Antillophos metuloides (145249 145251 145254 145341 145342 145343 145344 145345)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Antillophos metuloides (93059 93062 93172 93174 93175 93176 93222 93224) Phos metuloides (134662)