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Agathistoma patagonicum

Gastropoda - Tegulidae

Taxonomy
Trochus (Monodonta) patagonicus was named by d'Orbigny (1835) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene-Recent; South America.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Trochus patagonicus by d'Orbigny (1840); it was recombined as Neomphalius patagonicus by Ihering (1907); it was recombined as Tegula patagonica by Dall (1909) and da Silva Forti (1969); it was recombined as Tegula (Agathistoma) patagonica by Rios (1985); it was recombined as Agathistoma patagonicum by DeVries (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Trochus (Monodonta) patagonicus d'Orbigny p. 155
1840Trochus patagonicus d'Orbigny p. 408 figs. pl. 55, figs. 1-4
1907Neomphalius patagonicus Ihering p. 400
1909Tegula patagonica Dall p. 240
1969Tegula patagonica da Silva Forti p. 100
1985Tegula (Agathistoma) patagonica Rios p. 20
2007Agathistoma patagonicum DeVries p. 173

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTegulidae(Kuroda et al. 1971)
genusAgathistoma
speciespatagonicum(d'Orbigny 1835)

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.

Agathistoma patagonicum d'Orbigny 1835
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru Agathistoma patagonicum (80541)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Tegula patagonica (175628)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Uruguay Tegula patagonica (195933)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina Tegula patagonica (71610)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) Tegula patagonica (148417)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Tegula patagonica (71675)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Brazil Tegula patagonica (72117 72120 72121 72122)