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Mitra (Lapparia) dumosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Mitra dumosa was named by Conrad (1854) [m. kosnik taxon no: 6721]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

It was recombined as Mitra (Lapparia) dumosa by Conrad (1856); it was recombined as Lapparia dumosa by Harris and Palmer (1947) and Kosnik (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Mitra dumosa Conrad p. 289
1856Mitra (Lapparia) dumosa Conrad p. 260
1947Lapparia dumosa Harris and Palmer p. 403
2002Lapparia dumosa Kosnik

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
RankNameAuthor
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyFulgorariinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusMitraConrad 1855
subgenusLapparia
speciesdumosa()

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.

†Mitra (Lapparia) dumosa Conrad 1854
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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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Eocene or 37.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Mitra dumosa (type locality: 208935)