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Costoanachis exilis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Strombina exilis was named by Gabb (1873) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Columbella exilis by Guppy (1876); it was recombined as Anachis exilis by Maury (1917); it was recombined as Costoanachis exilis by Jung (1989).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1873Strombina exilis Gabb p. 222
1876Columbella exilis Guppy p. 526
1917Anachis exilis Maury p. 99
1989Costoanachis exilis Jung p. 281

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyPyreninae
genusCostoanachisAdams and Adams 1853
speciesexilis(Gabb 1873)

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.

Costoanachis exilis Gabb 1873
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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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 11.62000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Anachis exilis (58817)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Costoanachis exilis (96519)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Costoanachis exilis (131919)