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Paraborsonia varicosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Mitra varicosa was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Borsonia (Paraborsonia) varicosa by Pilsbry (1922); it was recombined as Paraborsonia varicosa by Petuch (1988).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Mitra varicosa Sowerby
1922Borsonia (Paraborsonia) varicosa Pilsbry p. 326
1988Paraborsonia varicosa Petuch p. 157

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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)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusParaborsoniaPilsbry 1922
speciesvaricosa(Sowerby 1850)

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.

Paraborsonia varicosa Sowerby 1850
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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: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.04000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Grenada Paraborsonia varicosa (58689)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Grenada Paraborsonia varicosa (58666 58667 58668 58671 58674)