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Plejona

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Plejona was named by Bolten (1798).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Hanna (1927); to Volutidae by Olsson (1930); and to Volutilithinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

Species
P. mitrata, P. musicalis, P. sula
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. conoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Plejona Bolten p. 320 figs. Plate 52, figures 1 and 2
1927Pejona Hanna p. 320
1930Plejona Olsson p. 45
1995Plejona Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166

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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
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutilithinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusPlejonaBolten 1798

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.

G. †Plejona Bolten 1798
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†Plejona mitrata Deshayes 1835
†Plejona musicalis Lamarck 1802
†Plejona sula Olsson 1930
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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 47.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Voluta musicalis (184107 184112)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Voluta mitrata (8124)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Croatia Voluta musicalis (124371)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Voluta musicalis (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) P. sula (52525 52526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) P. conoides, P. petrosa (5436)