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Petaloconchus sculpturatus

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Petaloconchus sculpturatus was named by Lea (1846). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Petaloconchus.

It was recombined as Vermetus (Petaloconchus) sculpturatus by Barrios (1960).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea
1846Petaloconchus sculpturatus Lea p. 233 figs. pl. 34, fig. 3
1922Petaloconchus sculpturatus Olsson p. 146
1929Petaloconchus sculpturatus Anderson p. 145
1960Vermetus (Petaloconchus) sculpturatus Barrios p. 270
2010Petaloconchus sculpturatus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 33

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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
speciessculpturatusLea 1846

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 Burdigalian to the top of the Piacenzian or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (68 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia Petaloconchus sculpturatus (131222)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (61019)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (136881 136882 156493 156727 156748 156797 160770 160816)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (42222 42250 42482 42605 42642 42657 42663 42678)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (156524 157830 157858 160968 161056)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Manabi) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60754)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (135498 135502)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (42870)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Petaloconchus sculpturatus (93145 93147 93160 134661 145523)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (136993)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Petaloconchus sculpturatus (96470 130981 131304)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Petaloconchus sculpturatus (88296 131220) Vermetus sculpturatus (97682)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (61027 135500)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Petaloconchus alcimus (74955 81976) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60408 60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60640)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Vermetus sculpturatus (97684 133231)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Petaloconchus sculpturatus (96486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica Petaloconchus sculpturatus (134655)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (60940)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Petaloconchus sculpturatus (134680)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (134768)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Petaloconchus sculpturatus (79710 111010 111011)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia Petaloconchus sculpturatus (97677) Vermetus sculpturatus (97688)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Petaloconchus sculpturatus (59484 59487 59491 80037 80044 123549)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Petaloconchus sculpturatus (134663)