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Astyris lunata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Nassa lunata was named by Say (1826) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene-Recent; western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Columbella lunata by Holmes (1860); it was recombined as Mitrella lunata by Gardner (1948), Abbott (1954), Spencer and Campbell (1987); it was recombined as Anachis (Alia) lunata by Olsson and Harbison (1953); it was recombined as Columbella (Astyris) lunata by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Astyris lunata by Dall (1870), Dall (1890), Rosenberg (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. crassus, A. subfaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Nassa lunata Say p. 213
1860Columbella lunata Holmes p. 74
1870Astyris lunata Dall p. 242
1890Astyris lunata Dall p. 137
1948Mitrella lunata Gardner pp. 225-226
1953Anachis (Alia) lunata Olsson and Harbison
1954Mitrella lunata Abbott p. 223
1962Columbella (Astyris) lunata Richards p. 81
1987Mitrella lunata Spencer and Campbell p. 64
2009Astyris lunata Rosenberg

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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
genusAstyrisAdams and Adams 1853
specieslunata(Say 1826)

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.

Astyris lunata Say 1826
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene - Late/Upper Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Mitrella lunata (59330)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Mitrella lunata (59307 59310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Mitrella lunata (131210)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Mitrella lunata (59316 59317 60986 60987 60988 60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Anachis lunata (79331) Mitrella lunata (61309)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Mitrella lunata (59313)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (New Jersey) Columbella lunata (66622)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Mitrella lunata (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) Columbella lunata (66757 66758 66760) Mitrella lunata (60923 60928 60930)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Astyris lunata (96538) Mitrella lunata (61311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Astyris lunata (69048 69049) Mitrella lunata (57706)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maryland) Columbella lunata (66707 66720 66721)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Columbella lunata (66742 66750 66751 66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Massachusetts) Columbella lunata (61268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Mitrella lunata (81751)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (New York) Columbella lunata (61270)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Louisiana) Mitrella lunata (41935 92776)