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Conasprella (Fusiconus) aculeiformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Conus aculeiformis was named by Reeve (1844). It is extant.

It was recombined as Asprella aculeiformis by Kotaka (1973); it was recombined as Conasprella (Fusiconus) aculeiformis by Puillandre et al. (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1844Conus aculeiformis Reeve
1973Asprella aculeiformis Kotaka
2015Conasprella (Fusiconus) aculeiformis Puillandre et al. p. 5

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConasprella(Thiele 1929)
subgenusFusiconus(da Motta 1991)
speciesaculeiformis(Reeve 1844)

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 08:08:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:46
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea Conus aculeiformis (78263)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) Conus aculeiformis (26804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Taiwan Asprella aculeiformis (96254 96255 96258 96265 96268 96270 96271 96279)