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Lambis goniophora

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Fusus goniophorus was named by Bellardi (1852) [Type occurrence: La Palarea, southern France; Auversian].

It was recombined as Rostellaria goniophora by Lemoine (1909); it was recombined as Lambis goniophora by Eames (1952).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Fusus goniophorus Bellardi p. 219 figs. 18-19
1909Rostellaria goniophora Lemoine p. 104 figs. Pl 2, fig 2
1952Lambis goniophora Eames p. 63

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyStrombinaeRafinesque 1815
genusLambisLinnaeus 1758
speciesgoniophora(Bellardi 1852)

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.

†Lambis goniophora Bellardi 1852
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 100 to < 1000g
Thickness: thickg
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:28:32
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:28:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Priabonian or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Lambis goniophora (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Pakistan Lambis goniophora (183922)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8India (Rajasthan) Lambis goniophora (46999)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Pakistan Lambis goniophora (183920 183921)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia Rostellaria goniophora (124309)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Rostellaria goniophora (10703)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Rostellaria goniophora (101974 102024 102173)