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Sconsia

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Sconsia was named by Gray (1847) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 852]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cassidaria (Sconsia) by Chenu (1859); it was reranked as Morio (Sconsia) by Gabb (1864).

It was assigned to Cassidaria by Chenu (1859); to Morio by Gabb (1864); to Cassididae by Bohm (1926), Gardner (1947) and Gardner (1948); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cassidae by Woodring (1928), Todd (2001), Todd (2001) and Harzhauser (2004); to Cassinae by Beu (2005); and to Cassinae by Beu (2008), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010) and Beu (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1847Sconsia Gray
1859Cassidaria (Sconsia) Chenu p. 208
1864Morio (Sconsia) Gabb p. 104
1890Galeodosconsia Sacco p. 69
1890Morionassa Sacco p. 74
1926Sconsia Bohm p. 71
1928Sconsia Woodring p. 308
1947Sconsia Gardner p. 537
1948Sconsia Gardner p. 215
2001Sconsia Todd
2002Sconsia Sepkoski
2004Sconsia Harzhauser p. 133
2005Sconsia Beu p. 41
2008Sconsia Beu p. 321
2010Sconsia Beu
2010Sconsia Landau and Marques da Silva p. 50

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusSconsiaGray 1847

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. Sconsia Gray 1847
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Subg. Sconsia (Sconsia) Gray 1847
†Sconsia augustana Wrigley 1934
†Sconsia beyrichi Michelotti 1861
†Sconsia cocleana Olsson 1922
†Sconsia felix Maury 1934
†Sconsia grayi Adams 1855
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Invalid names: Cassidaria (Sconsia) striata Lamarck 1816 [replaced], Cassidaria sublaevigata Guppy 1866 [synonym], Sconsia barbudensis Higgins and Marrat 1887 [synonym], Sconsia bocasensis Olsson 1922 [synonym], Sconsia gabbi Olsson 1922 [synonym], Sconsia lindae Petuch 1987 [synonym]
†Sconsia hodgii Conrad 1841
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Invalid names: Sconsia metae Petuch 1994 [synonym]
†Sconsia laevigata Guppy 1850
†Sconsia lintea Conrad 1848
†Sconsia paralaevigata Gardner 1947
†Sconsia prolongata Petuch 1994
Invalid names: Galeodosconsia Sacco 1890 [synonym], Morionassa Sacco 1890 [synonym]
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 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 55.80000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 48.6 Ma

Collections (193 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) S. augustana (3266 3268)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Galeodosconsia striata (8105)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Italy (Veneto) S. italica (176769)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) S. sp. (5366)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) S. sp. (5353 5354)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) S. sp. (32908)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Namibia (Sperrgebiet) S. sp. (149316)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Germany S. ambigua, S. germari (179751)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Mexico (Nuevo Leon) S. zacatensis (43067 43069)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan S. beyrichi (77450)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) S. lintea (5943 6005 7111 66310 169205 177590) S. prelintea (5501 5612 5779 5787) S. sp. (74077)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia S. laevigata (131222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) S. laevigata (41832 132319)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) S. felix (60979 65162 112590)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic S. laeviagat (92450)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy S. striatula (178110)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) S. laevigata (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic S. laevigata (74962)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Río Negro) S. magdai (179578)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) S. laevigata (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) S. paralaevigata (35018 41760)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Venezuela (Falcon) S. laevigata (136469)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic S. striata (74958)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Brazil (Para) S. felix (58454)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Panama (Bocas del Toro) S. sublaevigata (135818)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic S. laevigata (93686 131371 131667)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) S. laevigata (145195 145254 145255 145335 145343 145344)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama S. grayi (100047 100051 100052 136701) S. laevigata (93059 93062 93176 93222 93224 134661) S. sp. (136006)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) S. sublaevigata (136007)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia S. laevigata (88296)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic S. laevigata (58871) S. striata (74914 74915 74957)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) S. laevigata (60662 60675)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica S. cocleana (134679 134681)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) S. laevigata (88316)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Costa Rica (Limon) S. laevigata (96520)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic S. laeviagata (131563) S. laevigata (75041 84952 84956 84965 84974 89557 89559 89564 93601 93606 93652 93689 93709 93710 93716 93797 93996 94000 94005 131567 131568 131569 131571 131645 131656 131657 131658 131659 131663 131664)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) S. grayi (111214) S. sp. (135889) S. sublaevigata (135944)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) S. striata (135829) S. sublaevigata (135816 135821 135822 135828)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) S. sp. (79855)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. laevigata (74911 74966 74967 74969 74971 75036 75039 75040 75043 89541 89542 89562) S. laevigata, S. laevigata (75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Oxaca) S. laevigata (59284)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. laevigata (58815 58818 58819 58821 58822 58823 84977 93734 94007)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) S. martini (45344)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela S. grayi (131315 131317) S. laevigata (96486)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. laevigata (74965 80084 80136 84998 131639 131640)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) S. grayi (79859) S. sublaevigata (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) S. hodgei (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) S. sp. (79777)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. laevigata (93655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Dominican Republic S. laevigata (94137)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica S. laevigata (134669 134680)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Haiti S. laevigata (60896 60898) S. striata (66810)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) S. hodgei (59307 59310)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela S. sublaevigata (79710)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica S. grayi (131128 131129 131915) S. sconsia (69093) S. striata (58522 69090 69092)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica S. grayi (96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) S. hodgei (59486 79959) S. metae (79960)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) S. sp. (79993)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) S. grayi (136315 136461 136522 136540) S. sp. (61340 79998)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Dominican Republic S. laevigata (93612)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) S. sp. (79802)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama S. laevigata (134663)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) S. grayi (61337 61343) S. sp. (61336 61341 79774 79988 80000) S. striata (135876)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica S. grayi (91911)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) S. sp. (79842)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) S. prolongata (35031)