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Borsonella bartschi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy

Pleurotoma (Borsonia) bartschi was named by Arnold (1903). It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 162535, a shell.

It was recombined as Borsonia bartschi by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Valentine (1958); it was recombined as Borsonella bartschi by Clark (1931), Hendy (2021).

Subspecies

Pleurotoma (Borsonia) bartschi curia

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. adamsi, B. harrisi, B. turbina

Synonyms

Pleurotoma (Borsonia) bartschi curta was named by Arnold (1903). It is extant. Its type specimen is LSJU 427.

It was synonymized subjectively with Borsonia bartschi by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).
Borsonella nicoli was named by Dall (1919). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Borsonia bartschi by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1903	Pleurotoma (Borsonia) bartschi Arnold p. 200 figs. pl. 9, fig. 1
1903	Pleurotoma (Borsonia) bartschi curta Arnold p. 201 figs. Pl. 5, fig. 7
1919	Borsonella nicoli Dall p. 39 figs. Pl. 12, Fig. 1
1931	Borsonella bartschi Clark pp. table opp. p. 30
1931	Borsonia bartschi Grant, IV and Gale p. 545 figs. Plate 26, Figures 27, 28
1958	Borsonia bartschi Valentine
2021	Borsonella bartschi Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Borsoniidae	(Bellardi 1875)
genus	Borsonella	Dall 1908
species	bartschi	()

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.

Borsonella bartschi Arnold 1903

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Pleurotoma (Borsonia) bartschi curia Arnold 1903

Invalid names: Borsonella nicoli Dall 1919 [synonym], Pleurotoma (Borsonia) bartschi curta Arnold 1903 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

carnivoresuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:08:14

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:08:14

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.129 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	Borsonella bartschi (138723 202632 202634 202636 202637 202638 202648 222998) Borsonia bartschi (203108) Pleurotoma bartschi (222663 222665)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Borsonella bartschi (160361)