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Charonia variegata

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Triton variegatum Lamarck figs. pl. 421, figs. 2a, 2b
1844Triton variegatus Reeve figs. pl. 2, figs. 3a
1970Charonia tritonis variegata Beu p. 209
2010Charonia variegata Beu p. 126

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusCharoniaGistel 1848
speciesvariegata(Lamarck 1816)

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.

Charonia variegata Lamarck 1816
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Diagnosis
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Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2006-11-12 08:19:29
Modified: 2006-11-12 10:19:29
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Holocene or 11.63000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Charonia variegata (94093)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Charonia variegata (84965 89564 131659)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Charonia variegata (75036 75038)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Charonia variegata (74968 80084 80136)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Charonia variegata (92575 92697 96519)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Charonia variegata (91911)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Charonia variegata (209855)