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Lirabuccinum portolaensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae

Taxonomy
Fusus (Buccinofusus) portolaensis was named by Arnold (1908). Its type specimen is USNM 165473, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Chrysodomus portolaensis by Nomland (1917); it was recombined as Searlesia portolaensis by Carson (1925); it was recombined as Kelletia (Searlesia) dira portolaensis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Calicantharus portolaensis by Woodring and Bramlette (1950); it was recombined as Lirabuccinum portolaensis by Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Fusus (Buccinofusus) portolaensis Arnold p. 385 figs. Plate XXXVII. fig. 8
1917Chrysodomus portolaensis Nomland p. 211
1925Searlesia portolaensis Carson p. 33
1931Kelletia (Searlesia) dira portolaensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 645
1950Calicantharus portolaensis Woodring and Bramlette
2020Lirabuccinum portolaensis Hendy

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySiphonaliidae(Finlay 1928)
genusLirabuccinumVermej 1991
speciesportolaensis()

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 mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Gelasian or 7.24600 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Chrysodomus portolaensis (216869 216953 220197)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6USA (California) Calicantharus portolaensis (39327 39393 39396 39402 39404 39405)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Chrysodomus portolaensis (206367 206369 220177 220185)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Chrysodomus portolaensis (216872) Searlesia portolaensis (122281)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Calicantharus portolaensis (189768 189769)