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Xenophora calculifera

Gastropoda - Xenophoridae

Taxonomy
Phorus calculiferus was named by Reeve (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; west Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Xenophora calculifera by Tryon (1886) and Ladd (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Phorus calculiferus Reeve p. 162
1886Xenophora calculifera Tryon p. 159
1977Xenophora calculifera Ladd p. 16

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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
superfamilyXenophoroideaTroschel 1852
familyXenophoridaeTroschel 1852
genusXenophoraFischer von Waldheim 1807
speciescalculifera(Reeve 1842)

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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:06:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:06:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Xenophora calculifera (72096)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Xenophora calculifera (70079 70084)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Vanuatu Xenophora calculifera (78043)