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Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Typhis linguiferus was named by Dall (1890). Its type specimen is USNM 112183, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 546 - Tenmile Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Laevityphis (Laevityphis) linguiferus by Keen (1944); it was recombined as Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus by Gertman (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. linguifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1890Typhis linguiferus Dall p. 152 figs. pl. 12, fig. 7
1922Typhis linguliferus Olsson p. 132
1944Laevityphis (Laevityphis) linguiferus Keen pp. 59, 67
1969Siphonochelus (Laevityphis) linguiferus Gertman p. 174

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSiphonochelusJousseaume 1880
subgenusLaevityphis(Cossmann 1903)
specieslinguiferus(Dall 1890)

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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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (20 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Siphonochelus linguiferus (89574 type locality: 89575 92379 92457 92501 92502 92503 92505 92506 92513 92541 92542 92543 92544 92545 92546 92547 92548 92696) Typhis linguiferus (42250)