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Ventrilia gurabis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) gurabis was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) gurabis by Jung and Petit (1990); it was recombined as Ventrilia gurabis by Landau et al. (2012) and Landau et al. (2012).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. coatesi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) gurabis Maury p. 65 figs. pl. 10, fig. 11
1990Trigonostoma (Ventrilia) gurabis Jung and Petit p. 113
2012Ventrilia gurabis Landau et al. p. 336

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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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusVentriliaJousseaume 1887
speciesgurabis()

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.

†Ventrilia gurabis Maury 1917
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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 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 7.24600 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Trigonostoma gurabis (131661)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trigonostoma gurabis (58821) Ventrilia gurabis (89170)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Trigonostoma gurabis (80136)