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Antillophos elegans

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Phos elegans was named by Guppy (1866) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cantharus elegans by Olsson (1942); it was recombined as Antillophos elegans by Hendy et al. (2008).

Subspecies
A. limonensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. abundans, A. multilineatum, Tritiaria dictyola

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Phos elegans Guppy
1917Phos elegans Maury p. 86
1942Cantharus elegans Olsson
2008Antillophos elegans Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusAntillophosWoodring 1928
specieselegans(Guppy 1866)

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.

†Antillophos elegans Guppy 1866
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Piaui) Tritiaria elegans (112599)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Antillophos elegans (74962)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Antillophos elegans (74958 74959)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Tritiaria elegans (84965)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Antillophos elegans (74969)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Phos elegans (58821 58822 58873)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Antillophos elegans (80136)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Phos elegans (134667)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador Cantharus elegans (97638)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Antillophos elegans (69089 69090 69092 69093) Tritaria elegans (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Cantharus elegans (66793)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Cantharus elegans (66777)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cantharus elegans (96870)