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Mitrella tuberosa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Amycla tuberosa was named by Carpenter (1864). It is extant.

It was recombined as Astyris tuberosa by Ashley (1895); it was recombined as Columbella (Alia) tuberosa by Oldroyd (1925); it was recombined as Mitrella tuberosa by Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Amycla tuberosa Carpenter p. 662
1895Astyris tuberosa Ashley p. 342
1925Columbella (Alia) tuberosa Oldroyd p. 122
1950Mitrella tuberosa Woodring and Bramlette p. 48
2021Mitrella tuberosa Hendy

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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
genusMitrellaRisso 1826
speciestuberosa(Carpenter 1864)

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.

Mitrella tuberosa Carpenter 1864
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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 Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Mitrella tuberosa (214256 214257 214261 214263 214264 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Mitrella tuberosa (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Columbella tuberosa (186031)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Mitrella tuberosa (214255)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Mitrella tuberosa (189765 189767 189768 207658 214282 214287)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Mitrella tuberosa (202495)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Mitrella tuberosa (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Columbella tuberosa (201624) Mitrella tuberosa (186844)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Mitrella tuberosa (37933 37938 37939 37940 37943 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Columbella tuberosa (138723 207886 222663 222664) Mitrella tuberosa (96894 202494 202633 203095 203108 203113 203114 223329 223525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Amycla tuberosa (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Astyris tuberosa (222674) Columbella tuberosa (222659 222660 222661) Mitrella tuberosa (37672 37673 59063 96566 96895 160361 219029 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Mitrella tuberosa (52347 67643)