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Petaloconchus floridanus

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Petaloconchus floridanus was named by Olsson and Harbison (1953).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. anellum, P. transcostatus, Vermetus subvarians

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson and Harbison

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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
subfamilyVermetinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPetaloconchusLea 1843
speciesfloridanusOlsson and Harbison 1953

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.

†Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953
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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 Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Petaloconchus floridanus (145254 145278 145339 145340)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Petaloconchus floridanus (93224)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Petaloconchus floridanus (131379 131382 131466)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Petaloconchus floridanus (84984 93601 93687 93710 93712 93996 94000 131658)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Petaloconchus floridanus (84977)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Petaloconchus floridanus (60414 60416 60417)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) Petaloconchus floridanus (146872)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Dominican Republic Petaloconchus floridanus (93612)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Petaloconchus floridanus (41498 41501 79331)