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Homalopoma (Homalopoma) baculum (berry dwarf-turban)

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Taxonomy
Leptonyx bacula was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 16284, a shell.

It was recombined as Leptothyra bacula by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Homalopoma bacula by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Homalopoma (Homalopoma) baculum by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. arenosa, H. sangarensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Leptonyx bacula Carpenter p. 652
1925Leptothyra bacula Oldroyd p. 20
1931Homalopoma bacula Clark pp. table opp. p. 30
2021Homalopoma (Homalopoma) baculum Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusHomalopomaCarpenter 1864
subgenusHomalopomaCarpenter 1864
speciesbaculum(Carpenter 1864)

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.

Homalopoma (Homalopoma) baculum Carpenter 1864 [berry dwarf-turban]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Homalopoma bacula (223033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Homalopoma bacula (223075)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Homalopoma baculum (37935 37939 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Homalopoma bacula (202633 203108 203113 203114 223329 223525) Homalopoma baculum (203095) Leptothyra bacula (138723 207886 222663)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Leptothyra bacula (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Homalopoma baculum (202490) Leptothyra bacula (222661)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Homalopoma bacula (52347 226466)