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Pilsbryspira montereyensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma (Drillia) montereyensis was named by Stearns (1871). It is extant.

It was recombined as Drillia montereyensis by Tryon (1884); it was recombined as Crassispira montereyensis by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Clavus (Crassispira) montereyensis by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Willett (1937); it was recombined as Pilsbryspira montereyensis by Hendy (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Pleurotoma (Drillia) montereyensis Stearns p. 80 figs. pl. 1, fig. 21
1884Drillia montereyensis Tryon p. 184 figs. Pl. 12, fig. 30
1919Crassispira arsinoe Dall p. 26 figs. Pl. 6, fig. 4
1921Crassispira montereyensis Dall p. 70
1931Clavus (Crassispira) montereyensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 581 figs. Plate 26, Figure 9
1937Clavus (Crassispira) montereyensis Willett p. 394
2021Pilsbryspira montereyensis Hendy

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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)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusPilsbryspiraBartsch 1950
speciesmontereyensis(Stearns 1871)

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.

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Invalid names: Crassispira arsinoe Dall 1919 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Crassispira montereyensis (97209 97230)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Drillia montereyensis (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clavus montereyensis (59063) Crassispira montereyensis (160361)