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Coelostylina conica

Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae

Taxonomy
Melania conica was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Coelostylina conica by Kittl (1894), Kittl (1899), Nützel et al. (2012), Nützel and Kaim (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Melania conica Münster p. 94 figs. Pl 9, fig 21
1841Melania subscalaris Münster p. 94 figs. Pl 9, fig 22
1843Melania trochiformis Klipstein p. 185 figs. Pl 12, fig 5
1857Trochus fredighini Stoppani p. 362
1858Trochus allioni Stoppani p. 55 figs. Pl 12, figs 11-13
1858Phasianella vittati Stoppani p. 61 figs. Pl 13, fig 19
1894Rhabdoconcha conoidea Kittl p. 166 figs. Pl 6, fig 23
1894Coelostylina conica Kittl p. 181 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-7
1895Rhabdoconcha conoidea Böhm p. 266 figs. Pl 9, fig 32; text-fig 54
1899Coelostylina conica Kittl p. 142 figs. 70-74
2012Coelostylina conica Nützel et al. p. 55 figs. 2B, 3C-E
2014Coelostylina conica Nützel and Kaim p. 418 fig. 7c,d

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
familyCoelostylinidaeCossmann 1909
genusCoelostylina
speciesconica()

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.

Coelostylina conica Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Coelostylina solida Böhm 1895 [synonym], Melania subscalaris Münster 1841 [synonym], Melania trochiformis Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Phasianella vittati Stoppani 1858 [synonym], Rhabdoconcha conoidea Kittl 1894 [synonym], Trochus allioni Stoppani 1858 [synonym], Trochus fredighini Stoppani 1857 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height119.383.3025.07.008.17

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Sevatian or 239.48000 to 205.70000 Ma

Collections (56 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Slovakia Coelostylina conica (23867)
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Italy Coelostylina solida (138255 138256 201999 202000 202001 202028 202029 202030 202031 202032 202037 202039 202040 202041)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy (Trentino) Coelostylina solida (44953)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Coelostylina conica (34692 69649 69651 69654 69656 69659 69660 69661 69664 69668 69669 69672 69687 69690 144631 144633 163815 163816 163817 163818 202422) Melania conica, Melania subscalaris (137429)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Belluno) Coelostylina conica (207475 207476 207477 207478)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary (Bakony) Coelostylina conica (203197 203199 203204) Coelostylina conica, Coelostylina solida (203210)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy Coelostylina conica (164191 197055)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Hungary Coelostylina solida (70883)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Italy (South Tyrol) Coelostylina conica (205147) Coelostylina conica, Coelostylina solida (205149) Coelostylina solida (205157)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Hungary Coelostylina solida (23870)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Hungary Coelostylina conica (73279)
Alaunian215.38 - 211.18Iran Coelostylina conica (106268)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Coelostylina conica (37959)