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Polystira communis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma communis was named by Conrad (1830).

It was recombined as Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) communis by Martin (1904); it was recombined as Polystira communis by Ward (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Pleurotoma communis Conrad p. 224 figs. Plate IX, Fig. 23
1904Pleurotoma (Hemipleurotoma) communis Martin p. 147
1998Polystira communis Ward p. 77

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusPolystira
speciescommunis(Conrad 1830)

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.

Polystira communis Conrad 1830
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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 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 20.44000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Polystira communis (18579)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) Polystira communis (69032)