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Conella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Conella was named by Swainson (1840). It is extant. Its type is Columbella ovulata.

It was assigned to Columbellidae by Jung (1994) and Todd (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Conella Swainson pp. 149, 312
1994Conella Jung p. 20
2001Conella Todd

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusConellaSwainson 1840

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. Conella Swainson 1840
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Conella ovulata Lamarck 1822
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Invalid names: Conella plicata Swainson 1840 [synonym]
†Conella perplexabilis Maury 1917
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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Messinian or 15.97000 to 5.33300 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic C. perplexabilis (74959)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic C. perplexabilis (74934 99854 131508 131509)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic C. perplexabilis (75042)