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Strombus (Lentigo)

Gastropoda - Strombidae

Taxonomy
Lentigo was named by Jousseaume (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 1074]. It is extant. Its type is Strombus lentiginosus.

It was reranked as Strombus (Lentigo) by Jousseaume (1886), Ladd (1982), Jung and Heitz (2001), Todd (2001) and Harzhauser (2004).

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Strombus by Jousseaume (1886), Ladd (1982), Jung and Heitz (2001), Todd (2001) and Harzhauser (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Lentigo Jousseaume
1886Strombus (Lentigo) Jousseaume p. 220
1982Strombus (Lentigo) Ladd p. 35
2001Strombus (Lentigo) Jung and Heitz p. 26
2001Strombus (Lentigo) Todd
2002Lentigo Sepkoski
2004Strombus (Lentigo) Harzhauser p. 128

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyStrombidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyStrombinaeRafinesque 1815
genusStrombusLinnaeus 1758
subgenusLentigo(Jousseaume 1886)

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.

Subg. Strombus (Lentigo) Jousseaume 1886
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 100 to < 1000g
Thickness: thickg
Folds: minorg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: omnivoref
Diet 2: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-16 10:28:32
Modified: 2009-03-16 12:28:32
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Western Australia) Strombus sp. (63288 63289 63290)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands Strombus micklei (77975 77976 77984 77985) Strombus micklei, Strombus sp. C (43339)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Strombus sp. (135839)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Strombus raninus (79739)