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Lepicythara heptagona

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Mangelia heptagona was named by Gabb (1873). Its type specimen is ANSP 2915, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cythara heptagona by Brown and Pilsbry (1911) and Weisbord (1929); it was recombined as Lepicythara heptagona by Woodring (1970) and Perrilliat (1992).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Mangelia heptagona Gabb p. 211
1911Cythara heptagona Brown and Pilsbry p. 345
1917Cythara cercadica Maury p. 61 figs. pl. 9, fig. 15
1922Cythara terminula costaricensis Olsson p. 77 figs. pl. 5, figs. 21, 22
1929Cythara heptagona Weisbord p. 55
1939Cythara cercadica Oinomikado p. 624
1970Lepicythara heptagona Woodring p. 390
1992Lepicythara heptagona Perrilliat p. 28

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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)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusLepicytharaOlsson 1964
speciesheptagona(Gabb 1873)

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.

Lepicythara heptagona Gabb 1873
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Invalid names: Cythara cercadica Maury 1917 [synonym], Cythara costaricensis Olsson 1922 [synonym]
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 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Piacenzian or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Lepicythara heptagona (145254 145278 145337)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Lepicythara heptagona (93051)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cythara cercadica (58815)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Colombia Cythara cercadica (93725)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Cythara terminula (134664)