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Leucosyrinx

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Leucosyrinx was named by Dall (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant. Its type is Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) verrillii.

It was reranked as Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) by Arnold (1903).

It was assigned to Pleurotoma by Arnold (1903); to Cochlespirinae by MacNeil (1960); to Turriculinae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by Ladd (1982) and Scarponi and Della Bella (2003); and to Pseudomelaniidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Leucosyrinx Dall
1903Pleurotoma (Leucosyrinx) Arnold p. 202
1960Leucosyrinx MacNeil p. 109
1982Leucosyrinx Ladd p. 65
1994Leucosyrinx Wilson p. 188
2002Leucosyrinx Sepkoski
2003Leucosyrinx Scarponi and Della Bella p. 66
2011Leucosyrinx Bouchet et al. p. 293

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusLeucosyrinxDall 1889

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.

G. Leucosyrinx Dall 1889
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Leucosyrinx chloris Olsson 1922
Leucosyrinx clallamensis Tegland 1933
Leucosyrinx fijiensis Ladd 1982
Leucosyrinx nicoya Olsson 1942
Leucosyrinx rugata Conrad 1862
Leucosyrinx xenica Woodring 1970
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Gelasian or 66.00000 to 1.80600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland L. sp. (22943)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland L. sp. (22944)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Washington) Aforia wardi (91615 91623 208161)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Fiji (Vitu Levu) L. rabbidgei, L. fijiensis (179499)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) L. rugata (18579)
Waiauan12.7 - 11.608New Zealand L. climoi (63090)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama L. xenica (93051)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) L. iwaensis (42183)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy L. rotulata (71113 71131 71134 71210)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica L. buricana, L. nicoya (66790)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Italy L. nodulifera (72074)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy L. rotulata (71211)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy L. nodulifera (72077)