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Tricolia (Hiloa) variabilis

Gastropoda - Phasianellidae

Taxonomy
Collonia variabilis was named by Pease (1860) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; west Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Tricolia (Hiloa) variabilis by Ladd (1966).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
T. millepunctata, T. probrevis, T. rubrilineata, T. turbinoides, T. vasseuri

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Collonia variabilis Pease p. 436
1966Tricolia (Hiloa) variabilis Ladd p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPhasianellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyTricoliinae(Woodring 1928)
genusTricoliaRisso 1826
subgenusHiloa(Pilsbry 1917)
speciesvariabilis(Pease 1860)

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 mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:46
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.20000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Australia (Victoria) Collonia variabilis (48577)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands Tricolia variabilis (78028 78032)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Tricolia variabilis (96351 96352 96353 96354 96355)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Tricolia variabilis (43306)