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Erato (Erato) domingensis

Gastropoda - Triviidae

Taxonomy
Erato maugeriae domingensis was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is Holotype (no number), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Erato (Erato) domingensis by Vokes and Vokes (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
E. marginata, E. cypraeola, E. germanica, E. marginata
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-10-05

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Erato maugeriae domingensis Maury p. 118
2000Erato (Erato) domingensis Vokes and Vokes

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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
superfamilyCypraeoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTriviidaeTroschel 1863
genusEratoRisso 1826
subgenusEratoRisso 1826
speciesdomingensis()

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
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:02:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:02:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.63000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Erato maugeriae (58817)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Erato domingensis (69094)