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Califrapana vaquerosensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Purpura vaquerosensis was named by Arnold (1908). Its type specimen is Collection of Delos Arnold, Pasadena, California, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Califrapana.

It was recombined as Thais vaquerosensis by Dickerson (1914), Anderson and Martin (1914) and English and Prutzman (1926); it was recombined as Rapana vaquerosensis by Smith (1919), Wiedey (1928) and Loel and Corey (1932); it was recombined as Califrapana vaquerosensis by Powell and Houart (2021).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Purpura vaquerosensis Arnold p. 427 figs. PI. LII, figs, 1a and 1b
1914Thais vaquerosensis Anderson and Martin p. 40
1914Thais vaquerosensis Dickerson p. 269
1919Rapana vaquerosensis Smith p. 161
1926Thais vaquerosensis English and Prutzman pp. 23, 26
1927Rapana imperialis Hertlein and Jordan p. 631 figs. pl. 20, fig. 1
1928Rapana vaquerosensis Wiedey p. 115
1928Rapana serrai Wiedey p. 116 figs. Plate 9, figures 4, 5, 6
1932Rapana vaquerosensis Loel and Corey p. 244 figs. Plate 50, figures 1, 2, 3a, 3b; plate 51, figures 2, 3
1932Rapana vaquerosensis imperialis Loel and Corey p. 246 figs. Plate 51, figures 1a, 1b; plate 52, figures 1a, 1b; plate 53, figures 1a, 1b, 1c, 2, 3a; 3b, 3c, 4;
2021Califrapana vaquerosensis Powell, II and Houart p. 3 figs. 2 - 10

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyRapaninaeGray 1853
genusCalifrapana
speciesvaquerosensis()

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.

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Invalid names: Rapana imperialis Hertlein and Jordan 1927 [synonym], Rapana serrai Wiedey 1928 [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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 28.10000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (California) Rapana vaquerosensis (52381 52384 52388 52389 52393 52394 52395 52396 52400 52401 52403 52406 52408 52415 52417)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) Rapana imperialis (43810 96567) Rapana vaquerosensis (43811 43812)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) Rapana serrai (220056) Rapana vaquerosensis (71215 71222 71223 71226 71228 71231 91374 94816 94857 94859 94861 203554)
Barstovian - Hemphillian16.3 - 4.9Mexico (Baja California Sur) Rapana vaquerosensis (18731)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Baja California) Rapana vaquerosensis (52181)