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Dendropoma irregulare

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Vermetus irregularis was named by d'Orbigny (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Petaloconchus irregularis by Woodring et al. (1924); it was recombined as Dendropoma irregulare by Hendy et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Vermetus irregularis d'Orbigny p. 235 figs. pl. 17, fig. 16
1924Petaloconchus irregularis Woodring and et al.
2008Dendropoma irregulare 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
genusDendropomaMoerch 1861
speciesirregulare(d'Orbigny 1841)

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.

Dendropoma irregulare d'Orbigny 1841
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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 Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.77400 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Petaloconchus irregularis (60880)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Dendropoma irregulare (67960)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Petaloconchus irregularis (34269)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Dendropoma irregulare (67963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Petaloconchus irregularis (80407)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil (Rio Grande de Norte) Dendropoma irregulare (222394)