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Clavus (Clathrodrillia) coalingensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma coalingensis was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165509, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Turris (Bathytoma) coalingensis by Nomland (1916); it was recombined as Turris coalingensis by Nomland (1917); it was recombined as Clavus (Clathrodrillia) coalingensis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Pleurotoma coalingensis Arnold p. 90 figs. pl. 22, fig. 2
1914Turris elsmerensis English pp. 216 - 217 figs. Plate 23, figures ±a and 46
1916Turris (Bathytoma) coalingensis Nomland p. 203
1917Turris coalingensis Nomland p. 213
1931Clavus (Clathrodrillia) coalingensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 580 figs. Plate 26, Figures 14a, 14b, 15

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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)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusClavusDall 1918
subgenusClathrodrillia
speciescoalingensis()

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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Invalid names: Turris elsmerensis English 1914 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
U. S. Grant, IV and H. R. Gale 1931Shell of medium size, spire moderately high; whorls with a rounded shoulder, scul]itured with about ten rounded axial ribs extending from the shoulder downiward and dymg out on the lower part of the body whorl, spiral sculpture of three or four spiral grooves on the anal fasciole above the shoulder, on the rest of the whorl of spiral cords, two to four showing on the spire whorls, about fifteen on the body whorl, with a number of minor intercalaries, especially on the upper part of the whorls, sometimes very mconspicuous, sometimes almost as strong as the primary cords and making the spiral sculpture appear finer; aperture aljout two-fifths the length of the shell, lenticular, posterior notch deep and romided, close to the suture, columella nearly smooth, with the posterior callus patch,
if present, very inconspicuous, anterior canal poorly defined, moderately notched.
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 Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 23.04000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Turris coalingensis (206370)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Clavus coalingensis (195078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Turris coalingensis (216901)
Tortonian - Messinian11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Clathrodrillia coalingensis (97234)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Clavus coalingensis (194798 194803 195034)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Clathrodrillia coalingensis (97208 97210 97401) Clavus coalingensis (96903) Turris coalingensis (206373) Turris coalingensis, Turris coalingensis (206367) Turris elsmerensis (194095 208580)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Turris coalingensis (215435 216433 216912)