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Petaloconchus compactus

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Bivonia compacta was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Petaloconchus compactus by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Bivonia compacta Carpenter p. 654
1919Petaloconchus montereyensis Dall p. 250
2021Petaloconchus compactus 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)
superfamilyVermetoideaRafinesque 1815
familyVermetidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVermetinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPetaloconchusLea 1843
speciescompactus(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.

Petaloconchus compactus Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Petaloconchus montereyensis Dall 1919 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:50:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:04:10
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Petaloconchus compactus (214257)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Petaloconchus montereyensis (202496)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Petaloconchus montereyensis (202493 202494)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Petaloconchus montereyensis (89573 194421)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Bivonia compacta (160361) Petaloconchus montereyensis (202490 202491)