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Moniliopsis incisa quinquecincta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Moniliopsis incisa quinquecincta was named by Grant, IV and Gale (1931). Its type specimen is S.D.S.N.H. 247, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Ophiodermella quinquecincta by Winterer and Durham (1962).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Clathrodrillia freyei, Scobinella elaborata, Scobinella hammettensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1931Moniliopsis incisa quinquecincta Grant, IV and Gale
1962Ophiodermella quinquecincta Winterer and Durham p. 300

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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)
genusMoniliopsisBartsch 1944
speciesincisa(Carpenter 1863)
subspeciesquinquecincta

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.

†Moniliopsis incisa quinquecincta Grant, IV and Gale 1931
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931Shell of relatively small size, moderately solid, of five whorls plus probably three or four more in the apex, which is missing on the type, high-spired; whorls evenly convex, body whorl curving in abruptly below the middle as in the variety fancherce, spire whorls sculptured with about five strong, squarish, revolving cords, about half as wide as the mterspaces, body whorl with seven or eight more, equally strong, similarly spaced cords, growth Iines crossing the cords and obscured in the type specimen by weathering; columella shorter than m fancherce and somewhat twisted, though defective; aperture also shorter and without a well-defined anterior canal.
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 Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Moniliopsis incisa (96903)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Ophiodermella quinquecincta (238418 238421 238436 238437 238605)