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Distorsio simillima

Gastropoda - Personidae

Taxonomy
Triton simillimus was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Persona simillima by Guppy (1866); it was recombined as Distortrix simillima by Dall (1903), Maury (1917), Olsson (1922) and Anderson (1929); it was recombined as Distorsio simillimus by Weisbord (1929); it was recombined as Distorsio simillima by Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Triton simillimus Sowerby p. 48
1866Persona simillima Guppy p. 288
1903Distortrix simillima Dall p. 1584
1917Distortrix simillima Maury p. 107
1922Distortrix simillima Olsson p. 133
1929Distortrix simillima Anderson p. 138
1929Distorsio simillimus Weisbord p. 40
2010Distorsio simillima Beu p. 97

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyPersonidaeGray 1854
genusDistorsioRöding 1798
speciessimillima(Sowerby 1850)

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.

Distorsio simillima Sowerby 1850
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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 07:59:35
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:35
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.03000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (71 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Distorsio simillima (92450)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Venezuela (Falcon) Distorsio simillima (136467)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Bolivar) Distorsio simillimus (60687)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) Distorsio gatunensis (60678)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Distorsio simillima (93686 131370 131371 131667)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Distortrix simillima (134661)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Distortrix simillima (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Distorsio decussata (131219) Distortrix simillima (88297)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Distorsio simillima (74914 74915 74957)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Distorsio simillima (75041 84956 84974 84984 89557 89559 89564 93601 93606 93652 93709 93716 131561 131567 131571 131645 131656 131658 131664 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Distorsio simillima (74911 74966 74967 74969 74971 75036 75037 75038 75040 75043 89562)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Distortrix simillima (58815 58818 58819 58821 58822)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Distortrix simillima (88298)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Distorsio simillima (74961 74968 80084 80136 84998 93714 94102 131636 131640)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Distorsio simillima (93655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Distortrix simillima (134667)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Distorsio decussatus (58522 69092) Distorsio simillima (131128 131129 131131 131134 131915)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Distorsio simillima (96519)