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Pyrgocythara plicosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma plicosa was named by Adams (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Mangilia plicosa by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Pyrgocythara plicosa by Rosenberg (2005), Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Pleurotoma plicosa Adams
1850Pleurotoma plicosa Adams
1962Mangilia plicosa Richards
2005Pyrgocythara plicosa Rosenberg
2008Pyrgocythara plicosa Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusPyrgocythara
speciesplicosa(Adams 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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Mangilia plicosa (66617 66621)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Pyrgocythara plicosa (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Pyrgocythara plicosa (61311 96538)