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Surculites sinuatus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Conus sinuatus was named by Gabb (1864).

It was recombined as Surcula (Surculites) sinuata by Gabb (1869) and Dickerson (1915); it was recombined as Surculites sinuatus by Stewart (1927).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. lapillus, S. mathewsoni

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Conus sinuatus Gabb p. 123 figs. PI. 29, Fig. 227
1869Surcula (Surculites) sinuata Gabb pp. 150 - 151 figs. PI. 26, Fig. 28
1915Surcula (Surculites) sinuata Dickerson p. 70 figs. Plate 10, figures 2a, 2b, 2c
1927Surculites sinuatus Stewart p. 421 figs. Plate XXX, fig. 12

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusSurculitesConrad 1865
speciessinuatus()

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.

†Surculites sinuatus Gabb 1864
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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 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Ypresian or 56.00000 to 47.80000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Surcula sinuata (122337)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Surcula sinuata (190801 207112 207113 207116)