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Lora declivis ecarinata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy

Bela scalaris ecarinata was named by Sars (1878). It is extant.

It was recombined as Lora declivis ecarinata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

L. nobilis, L. rufa

Entered

by J. Marcot on 2025-02-17; modified by J. Marcot on 2025-02-17

Synonyms

Mangilia oldroydi was named by Arnold (1903). Its type specimen is USNM 162611, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deadman Island area - Lower San Pedro Series (1900s-1950s) [San Pedro Sand], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Lora declivis ecarinata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Aesopus oldroydi by Hoots (1931); it was recombined as Lora oldroydi by Soper and Grant (1932); it was recombined as Oenopota oldroydi by Hendy (2021).
Mangelia cetolaca was named by Dall (1908). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mangelia (Bela) perattenuata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was synonymized objectively with Glyptaesopus oldroydi by Hendy (2020).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1878	Bela scalaris ecarinata Sars p. 229 figs. Pl. 16, Fig. 9
1903	Mangilia oldroydi Arnold pp. 213 - 214 figs. Plate VI, Fig. 16
1908	Mangelia cetolaca Dall p. 286
1931	Mangilia oldroydi Clark figs. table opp. p. 30
1931	Lora declivis ecarinata Grant, IV and Gale p. 530 figs. Cf. Plate 25, Figure 20
1931	Aesopus oldroydi Hoots p. 122
1932	Lora oldroydi Soper and Grant p. 1061
2021	Oenopota oldroydi Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Mangeliidae	(Fischer 1884)
genus	Lora	Mörch 1852
species	declivis	(Lovén 1846)
subspecies	ecarinata	(Sars 1878)

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.

Lora declivis ecarinata Sars 1878

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Invalid names: Mangilia oldroydi Arnold 1903 [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: base of the Piacenzian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (10 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	USA (California)	Mangilia oldroydi (186031)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	Columbella oldroydi, Mangilia oldroydi (222663) Mangelia cetolaca (203108) Mangilia oldroydi (202634 202636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Mangelia cetolaca (59063 96566 160361 219029 219030)