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Califrapana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2021Califrapana Powell, II and Houart pp. 3-8 figs. 2 - 10

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusCalifrapana

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.

G. †Califrapana Powell, II and Houart 2021
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Invalid names: Rapana imperialis Hertlein and Jordan 1927 [synonym], Rapana serrai Wiedey 1928 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. L. Powell and R. Houart 2021A large, heavy-shelled muricid variable in most of its sculptural features, but which can be distinguished from other similar looking genera by 1) its heavy shell, 2) an aperture that is bluntly pointed at both ends, and 3) the siphonal fasciole, which has a wide, shallow, ventrally open channel that points downward, easily separating it from other genera.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 27.30000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Rapana vaquerosensis (52381 52384 52388 52389 52393 52394 52395 52396 52403 52406 52415 52417)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Rapana serrai (220056) Rapana vaquerosensis (71215 71222 71223 71226 71231 91374 94816 94857 94859 94861 237907 237911 237913 238140 238163 238165 238166 238169 238171 238172 238173 238179 238180 238190 238246 238249 238261) Rapana vaquerosensis, Rapana vaquerosensis (71228 203554 237917 238137 238143 238176)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Mexico (Baja California Sur) Rapana imperialis (43810 96567) Rapana vaquerosensis (43811 43812)
Barstovian - Hemphillian16.3 - 4.7Mexico (Baja California Sur) Rapana vaquerosensis (18731)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Mexico (Baja California) Rapana vaquerosensis (52181)