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Brachytoma

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Brachytoma was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Drillia (Brachytoma) by Vredenburg (1921), Mukerjee (1939) and Dey (1961); it was reranked as Clavus (Brachytoma) by Baldi (1973).

It was assigned to Drillia by Vredenburg (1921), Mukerjee (1939) and Dey (1961); to Clavus by Baldi (1973); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Drilliinae by Hendy (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Brachytoma Swainson
1921Drillia (Brachytoma) Vredenburg p. 110
1939Drillia (Brachytoma) Mukerjee p. 80
1961Drillia (Brachytoma) Dey
1973Clavus (Brachytoma) Baldi p. 323
2002Brachytoma Sepkoski
2007Brachytoma Hendy

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
subfamilyDrilliinaeOlsson 1964
genusBrachytomaSwainson 1840

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. Brachytoma Swainson 1840
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†Drillia (Brachytoma) buddhaica Vredenburg 1921
†Drillia (Brachytoma) convexa Vredenburg 1921
†Drillia (Brachytoma) gautama Vredenburg 1921
†Drillia (Brachytoma) pinfoldi Vredenburg 1921
†Drillia (Brachytoma) sarasvati Vredenburg 1921
†Drillia (Brachytoma) yabei Vredenburg 1921
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 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan B. sp. A (8676 183819)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Myanmar Drillia pinfoldi (76589)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Myanmar Drillia tjemoroensis, Drillia yabei, Drillia annandalei, Drillia buddhaica (76582 76596) Drillia tjemoroensis, Drillia yabei, Drillia annandalei, Drillia buddhaica, Drillia convexa (76593) Drillia tjemoroensis, Drillia yabei, Drillia sarasvati, Drillia annandalei, Drillia reticulata, Drillia buddhaica, Drillia gautama (76595) Drillia tjemoroensis, Drillia yabei, Drillia sarasvati, Drillia buddhaica (76584)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Drillia pinfoldi (72033) Drillia tjemoroensis (76573 76574)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) B. obtusangula (34521)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan B. sp. (97079)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117India (Kerala) B. crenularis (107971)