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Liomesini

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Liomesinae was named by Fischer (1884). It is extant. Its type is Liomesus.

It was reranked as the tribe Liomesini by Bouchet et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Buccininae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Liomesus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Liomesini Bouchet et al. p. 254

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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)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyBuccininaeRafinesque 1815
tribeLiomesini(Fischer 1884)
tribeLiomesini(Fischer 1884)

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.

Tr. Liomesini Fischer 1884
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G. Liomesus Stimpson 1865
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†Liomesus africanus Newton 1922
†Liomesus dalei Sowerby 1825
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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 47.80000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria Liomesus africanus (51240)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark Liomesus brandensis (111472)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Liomesus ventrosus (98312)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Buccinum dalei (84763 84795)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Belgium Liomesus dalei (80674)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Buccinum dalei (84759 84764 84819)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium Liomesus dalei (179048 179079)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Liomesus nux (37632)