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Hipponix tumens

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy
Hipponyx tumens was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Capulus tumens by Cooper (1888); it was recombined as Amalthaea tumens by Moody (1916); it was recombined as Hipponix tumens by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. floridanus, H. tuba, H. badius, H. lissus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Hipponyx tumens Carpenter
1888Capulus tumens Cooper p. 232
1916Amalthaea tumens Moody p. 43
1959Hipponyx tumens Addicott and Emerson p. 15
2021Hipponix tumens Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyHipponicoideaTroschel 1861
familyHipponicidaeTroschel 1861
genusHipponix(Defrance 1819)
speciestumens(Carpenter 1864)

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.

Hipponix tumens Carpenter 1864
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:00:55
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:00:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Hipponix tumens (200398)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Amalthaea tumens (186031)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Hipponix tumens (202495 202496 223033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Hipponix tumens (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Hipponix tumens (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Hipponix tumens (96590 96592 96593)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Hipponix tumens (37933 37937 37938 37942 37944 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Hipponix tumens (138723 202492 202494) Hipponyx tumens (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Capulus tumens (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Hipponix tumens (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Hipponix tumens (52347 67613 226465)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Hipponix tumens (59063 96566 160361 202936 203417 219029) Hipponyx tumens (222659)