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Dendropoma lituella

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Siphonium (Dendropoma) lituella was named by Morch (1861). It is extant.

It was recombined as Spiroglyphus lituellus by Clark (1931); it was recombined as Dendropoma lituella by Hendy (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Siphonium (Dendropoma) lituella Morch p. 154
1931Spiroglyphus lituellus Clark p. 30
2021Dendropoma lituella Hendy

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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)
superfamilyVermetoideaRafinesque 1815
familyVermetidaeRafinesque 1815
genusDendropomaMoerch 1861
specieslituella(Morch 1861)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:50:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:04:10
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Spiroglyphus lituellus (37933 37934 37935 37936 37937 37938 37939 37940 37941 37943 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Spiroglyphus lituellus (202648)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Spiroglyphus lituellus (59063 160361 219029 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Dendropoma lituella (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Dendropoma lituella (89573)