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Metulella venusta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Columbella venusta was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Metulella venusta by Gabb (1873), Maury (1917) and Pilsbry (1922).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Columbella venusta Sowerby p. 46 figs. pl. 9, fig. 6
1873Metulella venusta Gabb p. 206
1876Columbella venusta Guppy p. 526
1917Metulella venusta Maury p. 89 figs. pl. 15, figs. 26, 27
1922Metulella venusta Pilsbry p. 352

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusMetulellaGabb 1873
speciesvenusta(Sowerby 1850)

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.

†Metulella venusta Sowerby 1850
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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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Metulella venusta (90618 93686 99852 131369 131371)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Metulella venusta (58824 74914 74915 74957)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Metulella venusta (84952 84986 93601 93687 93716 131387 131645 131655 131656 131662 131664 131676 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Metulella venusta (74911 74967 75036 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Metulella venusta (58815)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Metulella venusta (80084 80136)