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Strombus (Strombus) gracilior

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Strombus gracilior was named by Sowerby (1825). It is extant.

It was recombined as Strombus (Strombus) gracilior by Keen (1971).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Strombus gracilior Sowerby
1971Strombus (Strombus) gracilior Keen p. 420

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyStrombinaeRafinesque 1815
genusStrombusLinnaeus 1758
subgenusStrombusLinnaeus 1758
speciesgracilior(Sowerby 1825)

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
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 100 to < 1000g
Thickness: thickg
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:28:32
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:28:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Strombus gracilior (96546 96547)
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Strombus gracilior (124270 124271)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Strombus gracilior (66777)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Ecuador Strombus gracilior (97639)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Strombus gracilior (96870)