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Columbella mercatoria

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Voluta mercatoria was named by Linnaeus (1758) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Columbella mercatoria by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. borealis, C. gervillei

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Voluta mercatoria Linnaeus pp. 730-731
1962Columbella williamgabbi Weisbord p. 308 figs. pl. 27, figs, 14, 15
2008Columbella mercatoria 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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusColumbellaLamarck 1799
speciesmercatoria(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Columbella mercatoria Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Columbella williamgabbi Weisbord 1962 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: omnivoreg
Diet 2: grazerg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:12:36
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:12:36
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Columbella williamgabbi (41543 41545)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Columbella mercatoria (131210 131237)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Columbella mercatoria (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Venezuela (Sucre) Columbella mercatoria (41556)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Columbella mercatoria (60880 60886)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Columbella mercatoria (66764 66768 66769)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Columbella mercatoria (67947 67960 67961 67966)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas Columbella mercatoria (80676)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Columbella mercatoria (80835 80837)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Columbella mercatoria (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Columbella mercatoria (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Columbella mercatoria (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas Columbella mercatoria (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Columbella mercatoria (67948)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Columbella mercatoria (173828)