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Agatrix epomis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Tribia epomis was named by Woodring (1928) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Pliocene; Jamaica.]. Its type specimen is USNM 135418, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 705 (>4 mm) [Bowden Fm], which is in a Pliocene offshore marl in the Bowden Formation of Jamaica.

It was recombined as Cancellaria (Tribia) epomis by Marks (1949); it was recombined as Agatrix epomis by Petit (1976), Jung and Petit (1990) and Landau et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Tribia epomis Woodring p. 223 figs. pl. 12, fig. 10
1949Cancellaria (Tribia) epomis Marks p. 460
1976Agatrix epomis Petit p. 38
1990Agatrix epomis Jung and Petit p. 116
2012Agatrix epomis Landau et al. p. 331

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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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
genusAgatrix
speciesepomis()

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.

†Agatrix epomis Woodring 1928
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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 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Pliocene or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Agatrix epomis (131218)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Agatrix epomis (96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Agatrix epomis (type locality: 69093) Tribia epomis (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) Agatrix epomis (79999 135876)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) Agatrix epomis (61340 61344 135884)