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Persicula propeobesa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae

Taxonomy

Marginella (Persicula) propeobesa was named by Mansfield (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocence; Trinidad and Tobago.]. Its type specimen is USNM 352651, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is USGS 9195, which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in Trinidad and Tobago.

It was recombined as Persicula propeobesa by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Subspecies

Persicula (Rabicea) couviana stenygra

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Marginella venezuelana, P. angystoma, P. imbricata, P. macneili, P. phrygia, P. porcellana, P. sabatica, P. venezolana, P. sarda, P. cuneata, P. floridana, P. lavalleeana, P. interruptelinata, P. interruptelinata, P. interuptelinata

Synonyms

Marginella couviana was named by Maury (1925) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Trinidad and Tobago.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Persicula (Rabicea) couviana by Woodring (1970); it was synonymized subjectively with Persicula propeobesa by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1925	Marginella (Persicula) propeobesa Mansfield p. 41 figs. pl. 6, fig. 10
1925	Marginella couviana Maury p. 202 figs. pl. 34,. fig. 11
1970	Persicula (Rabicea) couviana Woodring p. 333
2010	Persicula propeobesa Landau and Marques da Silva p. 83

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Cystiscidae	Stimpson 1865
subfamily	Persiculinae	Coovert and Coovert 1995
genus	Persicula	Schumacher 1817
species	propeobesa	()

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.

†Persicula propeobesa Mansfield 1925

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†Persicula (Rabicea) couviana stenygra Woodring 1970

Invalid names: Marginella couviana Maury 1925 [synonym]

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 08:20:24

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:20:24

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Tortonian or 11.63000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (6 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	Persicula couviana (52174 93145)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Venezuela	Persicula couviana (130981)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	Marginella propeobesa (type locality: 74955) Persicula couviana (60408 60637)