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Cantallocostoma quadricostatum

Gastropoda - Tegulidae

Taxonomy
Trochus quadricostata was named by Wood (1828) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Pliocene-Recent; Peru-Chile.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Chlorostoma, Cantallocostoma.

It was corrected as Trochus quadricostatus by Philippi (1846); it was recombined as Tegula quadricostata by Veliz and Vasquez (2000); it was recombined as Cantallocostoma quadricostatum by DeVries (2007).

Synonyms
  • Trochus torulosus was named by Philippi (1843). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cantallocostoma quadricostatum by DeVries (2007).
  • Monodonta catenifera was named by Potiez and Michaud (1838) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; eastern Pacific.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Cantallocostoma quadricostatum by DeVries (2007).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1828Trochus quadricostata Wood p. 16 figs. pl. 5, fig. 16
1838Monodonta catenifera Potiez and Michaud p. 318 figs. pl. 29, figs. 12-13
1843Trochus torulosus Philippi
1846Trochus quadricostatus Philippi p. 154
2000Tegula quadricostata Veliz and Vasquez p. 759
2007Cantallocostoma quadricostatum DeVries p. 169

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTegulidae(Kuroda et al. 1971)
genusCantallocostoma
speciesquadricostatum(Wood 1828)

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.

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Invalid names: Monodonta catenifera Potiez and Michaud 1838 [synonym], Trochus torulosus Philippi 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:47:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:46
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 201.30000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Greenland Trochus torulosus (162102)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Greenland Trochus torulosus (162065)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru Cantallocostoma quadricostatum (80543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Tegula quadricostata (96672)