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Thylacodes squamigerus (scaled wormsnail)

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Aletes squamigerus was named by Carpenter (1857). It is extant.

It was recombined as Thylocodes squamigerus by Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Vermetus squamigerus by Chace and Chace (1919); it was recombined as Serpulorbis squamigerus by Hendy (2020); it was recombined as Thylacodes squamigerus by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Aletes squamigerus Carpenter
1857Aletes squamigerus Carpenter p. 226
1895Thylocodes squamigerus Ashley p. 343
1919Vermetus squamigerus Chace and Chace
1950Aletes squamigerus Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
1959Aletes squamigerus Addicott and Emerson p. 15
2020Serpulorbis squamigerus Hendy
2021Thylacodes squamigerus 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
genusThylacodesDaudin 1800
speciessquamigerus(Carpenter 1857)

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.

Thylacodes squamigerus Carpenter 1857 [scaled wormsnail]
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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (66 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (200398 238418 238421 238435 238436 238437 238456 238459 238605 238609)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (189542) Serpulorbis squamigerus (186031)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (189758)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (223033) Serpulorbis squamigerus (202495 202496)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (201624 240572 240575 240577)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Aletes squamigerus (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (138723 203095 203113 203114 203118 223304 223525) Serpulorbis squamigerus (202492 222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (223009) Serpulorbis squamigerus (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Aletes squamigerus (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Aletes squamigerus (52347 67642 226467)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Aletes squamigerus (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aletes squamigerus (59063 96566 160361 219029 219030 240555 240593 240594 240595 240600 240603 240604 240612 240613 240615 240650 240653 240661) Serpulorbis squamigerus (222659 222660 222661 222662) Thylocodes squamigerus (222674) Vermetus squamigerus (202936)