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Metula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Metula was named by Adams and Adams (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 1248]. It is extant. Its type is Metula hindsii.

It was assigned to Columbellidae by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Nassariinae by Wilson (1994); to Buccinidae by Olsson (1931), Woodring (1964), Olsson (1967), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
  • Antemetula was named by Rehder (1943). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Metula by Olsson (1967).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Metula Adams and Adams
1931Metula Olsson p. 104
1943Antemetula Rehder
1947Metula Harris and Palmer p. 345
1964Metula Woodring p. 258
1967Metula Olsson p. 34
1977Metula Ladd p. 50
1982Metula Ladd p. 48
1994Metula Wilson p. 95
2001Metula Todd
2002Metula Sepkoski

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusMetulaAdams and Adams 1853

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. Metula Adams and Adams 1853
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Subg. Metula (Metula) Adams and Adams 1853
Metula amosi Vanatta 1913
†Metula brazosensis Johnson 1899
†Metula cancellata Gabb 1873
†Metula gabbi Brown and Pilsbry 1911
†Metula gentilicia Harris and Palmer 1947
†Metula gracilis Johnson 1899
†Metula harrisi Dickerson 1916
†Metula harrisi Olsson 1922
Metula hindsii Adams and Adams 1853
†Metula johnsoni Vaughan 1896
†Metula limonensis Olsson 1922
†Metula martini Vredenburg 1925
†Metula peruviana Olsson 1931
†Metula roberti Olsson 1967
†Metula subgracilis Johnson 1899
†Metula taylorensis Mansfield 1940
Invalid names: Antemetula Rehder 1943 [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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.7 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) M. sp. (84474)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) M. sp. (84651)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) M. reticulata (178129)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) M. reticulata (205455)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) M. elongatoides (7789 83950 84337 178054)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) M. harrisi (122294)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) M. sylvaerupis (92375 98390)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) M. brazosensis (91125 205421) M. elongatoides (205520 205533)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) M. sp. (205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) M. brazosensis (205484) M. gracilis (91119 98864) M. sp., M. brazosensis (205480)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) M. gentilicia (90643 164232) M. subgracilis (90704)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) M. johnsoni (91115) M. subgracilis (92374)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Piura) M. peruviana (55431)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Venezuela M. sp. (134847)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) M. fastidiosa (5787 5791) M. fastidiosa, M. inflata, M. neptuneiformis (5612 5779) M. fastidiosa, M. neptuneiformis (5501) M. fragilis (177590) M. taylorensis (169205)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti M. cancellata (173459)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada M. sp. (58644 58648 58652)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan M. martini (77164)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Piaui) M. sp. (112599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama M. sp. (42615 42616)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy M. reticulata, M. recta (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) M. sp. (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy M. reticulata (178116)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama M. gabbi (93062 93145 93171 93172 93175 93176 93177 134661 134662)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) M. gabbi (142931 142934 145249 145254 145278 145335 145341 145342 145343 145344)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) M. gabbi (131199) M. sp. (136007 136122)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago M. cancellata (60635)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) M. sp. (135816 135821 135822 135828)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) M. sp. (61346 135889 135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic M. cancellata (131561 131645 131664) M. gabbi (131660) M. harrisi (75041 93606)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. cancellata (75043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. cancellata (58815)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) M. nepele (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) M. boettgeri (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) M. sp. (135839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) M. sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic M. cancellata (80084) M. gabbi (74964 80136)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador (Manabi) M. amosi (51886)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji M. ibbotsoni, M. ibbotsoni (78073)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica M. harrisi (134667) M. pilsbryi (66792 66795) M. sp. (66790)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Panama M. harrisi (134671)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) M. sp. (79993)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica M. sp. (58522 69090 69093)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) M. roberti (79762)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) M. mitraeformis (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) M. sp. (61336 61337 79771 79774 135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica M. cancellata (134664)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama (Bocas) M. sp. (61338 79871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Fiji M. ibbotsoni (94832)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica M. amosi (66777)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu M. santoensis (78047)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) M. sp. (79842)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu M. kerensis, M. santoensis, M. mitrella (78043)