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Demoulia conglobata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Buccinum conglobatum was named by Brocchi (1814). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Nassa conglobata by Wood (1848); it was recombined as Demoulia conglobata by Landau et al. (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Buccinum conglobatum Brocchi p. 334 figs. pl. 4, fig. 15
1848Nassa conglobata Wood p. 32
2009Demoulia conglobata Landau et al. p. 65

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
subfamilyNassariinaeIredale 1916
genusDemouliaGray 1838
speciesconglobata(Brocchi 1814)

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.

Demoulia conglobata Brocchi 1814
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Portugal Demoulia conglobata (171579)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Nassa conglobata (84759 84761 84764)