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Varicospira subrimosa

Gastropoda - Rostellariidae

Taxonomy
Rostellaria subrimosa was named by d'Orbigny (1852) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Miocene; Pakistan, Iran.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Rimella subrimosa by Vredenburg (1925), Mukerjee (1939), Iqbal (1980) and Harzhauser (2004); it was recombined as Dientomochilus subrimosa by Eames (1950); it was recombined as Varicospira subrimosa by Harzhauser (2007) and Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1852Rostellaria subrimosa d'Orbigny p. 59 figs. fig. 1023
1925Rimella subrimosa Vredenburg p. 320 figs. pl. 6, figs. 7-10
1939Rimella subrimosa Mukerjee p. 49
1950Dientomochilus subrimosa Eames p. 243
1980Rimella subrimosa Iqbal p. 39
2004Rimella subrimosa Harzhauser p. 127
2007Varicospira subrimosa Harzhauser p. 100
2009Varicospira subrimosa Harzhauser et al. p. 345

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyRostellariidae(Gabb 1868)
subfamilyRimellinaeStewart 1927
genusVaricospira
speciessubrimosa(d'Orbigny 1852)

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.

Varicospira subrimosa d'Orbigny 1852
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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 07:58:44
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:58:44
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Burdigalian or 33.90000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Rimella subrimosa (77157 77450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Rimella subrimosa (72083 76574)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Varicospira subrimosa (179086)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India Varicospira subrimosa (111230)