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Malea camura

Gastropoda - Tonnidae

Taxonomy
Malea camura was named by Guppy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Miocene-Pliocene; circum Caribbean, Peru.]. Its type specimen is BMNH 64076, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Malea camura Guppy p. 287 figs. Pl. 17, fig. 9
1911Malea camura Brown and Pilsbry p. 357
1917Malea camura Maury p. 111
1919Malea camura Cooke p. 113
1928Malea camura Woodring p. 311
1959Malea camura Woodring p. 208
2010Malea camura Beu p. 235

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyTonnidaeSuter 1913
genusMaleaValenciennes 1833
speciescamuraGuppy 1866

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.

†Malea camura Guppy 1866
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:00:00
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:00:00
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.45000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Malea camura (173459)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Malea camura (60707)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Dominican Republic Malea camura (74958)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Puerto Rico Malea camura (80245)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Cuba Malea camura (75312)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Grenada Malea camura (58679 58680)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Malea camura (58816 58817 74912 74934 90618 93686 94141 99854 131472 131473 131508 131509 131513 131514 131516 131517 131518)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Malea camura (96470 130976)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Malea camura (131199 136993)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Malea camura (142918 142933 142939 142943 145250 145254 145276 145283 145286 145335 145340 145352 145355 145567)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Malea camura (58824)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Malea camura (75042 89540 89557 89559 93689 93710 93716 93996 94006 94136 131478 131494 131674)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Malea camura (74966 74971 75036 75038 75039 75040 89542)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Malea camura (58823)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Malea camura (74968 74970 80136 93852 94102 131634 131636)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Malea camura (58522 69089 69092 131128 131129 131130 131915)