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Polystira haitensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma haitensis was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Miocene-Early Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Pleuroliria (Polystira) haitensis by Woodring (1970); it was recombined as Polystira haitensis by Woodring (1928) and Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. albidata, P. albidoides, P. panamensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pleurotoma haitensis Sowerby
1928Polystira haitensis Woodring p. 147
1970Pleuroliria (Polystira) haitensis Woodring p. 365
2008Polystira haitensis 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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusPolystira
specieshaitensis(Sowerby 1850)

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.

†Polystira haitensis Sowerby 1850
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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 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Zanclean or 15.97000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Polystira haitensis (74958 74959)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Polystira haitensis (74914 74915 74957)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Polystira haitensis (131219)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Polystira haitensis (75042)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Polystira haitensis (74911 74966 74967 74969 75036 75038 75039 75040 75043)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Polystira haitensis (74961 74965 74970)