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Monoplex vespaceus

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Triton vespaceum was named by Lamarck (1822). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turritriton vespaceus by Habe and Kosuge (1966); it was recombined as Cymatium (Turritriton) vespaceum by Beu (1985); it was recombined as Cymatium (Monoplex) vespaceum by Wilson (1993); it was recombined as Cymatium vespaceum by Kubo (1995); it was recombined as Monoplex vespaceus by Beu (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Triton vespaceum Lamarck p. 185
1966Turritriton vespaceus Habe and Kosuge p. 43
1985Cymatium (Turritriton) vespaceum Beu p. 60
1993Cymatium (Monoplex) vespaceum Wilson p. 246
1995Cymatium vespaceum Kubo p. 75
1997Cymatium (Turritriton) indomelanicum Garcia-Talavera p. 27 figs. figs. 1-8 (in part)
2010Monoplex vespaceus Beu p. 176

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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)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
genusMonoplexPerry 1811
speciesvespaceus(Lamarck 1822)

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.

Monoplex vespaceus Lamarck 1822
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Invalid names: Cymatium (Turritriton) indomelanicum Garcia-Talavera 1997 [synonym]
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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 2.58800 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen Cymatium vespaceum (55373)