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Petaloconchus nigricans

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Vermetus lumbricalis nigricans was named by Dall (1884) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Western Atlantic.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Vermetus nigricans by Richards (1962); it was recombined as Petaloconchus nigricans by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Vermetus lumbricalis nigricans Dall p. 334
1962Vermetus nigricans Richards
2008Petaloconchus nigricans Hendy et al.

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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)
superfamilyVermetoideaRafinesque 1815
familyVermetidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVermetinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPetaloconchusLea 1843
speciesnigricans(Dall 1884)

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: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:50:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:04:10
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Vermetus nigricans (80304)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Vermetus nigricans (66509)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Vermetus nigricans (66500 66501)