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Aphera islacolonis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Cancellaria (Aphera) islacolonis was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cancellaria islacolonis by Olsson (1922); it was recombined as Aphera islacolonis by Woodring (1970), Jung and Petit (1990), Landau et al. (2012) and Landau et al. (2012).

Synonyms
  • Cancellaria ellipsis was named by Pilsbry (1922) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Aphera islacolonis by Woodring (1970).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Cancellaria (Aphera) islacolonis Maury pp. 65-66 figs. pl. 10, fig. 12 a, b
1922Cancellaria islacolonis Olsson p. 86 figs. pl. 6, fig, 12
1922Cancellaria ellipsis Pilsbry p. 333 figs. pl. 22, figs. 8, 9
1970Aphera islacolonis Woodring p. 344
1990Aphera islacolonis Jung and Petit p. 110
2012Aphera islacolonis Landau et al. p. 327

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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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusApheraAdams and Adams 1854
speciesislacolonis()

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.

†Aphera islacolonis Maury 1917
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Invalid names: Cancellaria ellipsis Pilsbry 1922 [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 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 20.44000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (58 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Aphera islacolonis (131503)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Aphera islacolonis (74912 90618 93644 94139 99852 99854 111205 131367 131369 131370 131371 131472 131473 131474 131475 131508 131509 131513 131514 131515 131516 131517 131518) Cancellaria islacolonis (58816 58817)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Aphera islacolonis (58824 58869 74957)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Aphera islacolonis (75042 84983 89540 93601 93654 93689 93996 94006 94099 94106 99853 131374 131387 131389)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Aphera islacolonis (74967 75036 75038 89558 89562 89563 94086)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Aphera islacolonis (84987 89170)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Aphera islacolonis (74968 80084 93640 93733 93737 131636)