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Cymatophos tuberaensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Phos tuberaensis was named by Anderson (1929) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Colombia, Ecuador.]. It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is CAS Loc. 267 (horizon P), Tubará Mtn [Tubará Fm], which is in a Miocene marine siliciclastic in the Tubará Formation of Colombia.

It was recombined as Cymatophos tuberaensis by Woodring (1964).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1929Phos tuberaensis Anderson
1951Phos tuberaensis Marks p. 383
1964Cymatophos tuberaensis Woodring p. 260

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCymatophosPilsbry and Olsson 1941
speciestuberaensis(Anderson 1929)

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.

Cymatophos tuberaensis Anderson 1929
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Late/Upper Miocene or 11.60800 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Phos tuberaensis (type locality: 88297)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) Phos tuberaensis (88308)