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Mitrella gausapata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy

Columbella gausapata was named by Gould (1850). It is extant.

It was recombined as Astyris gausapata by Keep (1888); it was recombined as Amycla gausapata by Cooper (1888); it was recombined as Columbella (Astyris) gausapata by Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Columbella (Alia) gausapata by Dall (1921); it was recombined as Mitrella carinata gausapata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Mitrella gausapata by Woodring and Bramlette (1950) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

M. alumen, M. asema, M. belonis, M. blastos, M. burchardi, M. dallina, M. gembacana, M. ischna, M. juncea, M. nuttalli, M. nuttalli, M. oxia, M. phagon, M. photeina, M. stikta, M. texana, M. tytha, M. nuttalli, M. vespertina, Pyrene korytnicensis

Synonyms

Columbella (Astyris) constantia was named by Moody (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 11079, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP loc. 3030, Fourth Street and Broadway Street, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mitrella gouldii by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).
Nassa pedroana was named by Conrad (1855). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Recent Formation, San Pedro [of Conrad, 1855], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the Palos Verdes Sand Formation of California.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mitrella gausapata by Hendy (2021).
Nitidella gouldii was named by Carpenter (1857). It is extant.

It was recombined as Astyris gouldii by Baker (1902); it was recombined as Mitrella gouldii by Grant, IV and Gale (1931) and Soper and Grant (1932); it was misspelled as Nitidella gouldi by Dall (1916); it was synonymized subjectively with Mitrella gausapata by Hendy (2021).
Columbella californiana was named by Gaskoin (1852). It is extant.

It was recombined as Columbella (Astyris) californiana by Gaskoin (1851) and Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Columbella (Alia) carinata californiana by Dall (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Mitrella carinata gausapata by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was synonymized subjectively with Alia carinata by Hendy (2021).
Columbella (Nitidella) dalli was named by Smith (1880). It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Mitrella gouldii by Grant and IV and Gale (1931).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1850	Columbella gausapata Gould p. 170
1851	Columbella (Astyris) californiana Gaskoin p. 12
1855	Nassa pedroana Conrad p. 17 figs. Fig. 48
1857	Nitidella gouldii Carpenter p. 208
1880	Columbella (Nitidella) dalli Smith p. 287
1888	Amycla gausapata Cooper
1888	Astyris gausapata Keep p. 35
1902	Astyris gouldii Baker p. 40
1903	Columbella (Astyris) californiana Arnold p. 238 figs. Pl. 10, FIg. 9
1903	Columbella (Astyris) gausapata Arnold p. 239 figs. Plate X, Fig. 8
1916	Nitidella gouldi Dall p. 26
1916	Columbella (Astyris) constantia Moody p. 53 figs. Plate 1, Figures 7a, 7b
1921	Columbella (Alia) carinata californiana Dall p. 104
1921	Columbella (Alia) gausapata Dall p. 104
1931	Mitrella gouldii Grant, IV and Gale p. 692
1931	Mitrella carinata gausapata Grant, IV and Gale pp. 693-694 figs. pl. 26, fig. 44
1932	Mitrella gouldii Soper and Grant p. 1061
1950	Mitrella gausapata Woodring and Bramlette p. 41
2021	Mitrella gausapata Hendy

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Columbellidae	Swainson 1840
genus	Mitrella	Risso 1826
species	gausapata	(Gould 1850)

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.

Mitrella gausapata Gould 1850

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Invalid names: Columbella (Alia) carinata californiana Gaskoin 1852 [synonym], Mitrella gouldii Carpenter 1857 [synonym], Nassa pedroana Conrad 1855 [synonym]

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: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (88 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene	11.608 - 3.6	USA (California)	Mitrella carinata (238417)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	USA (California)	Mitrella gausapata (194803 194892 195030)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Mitrella gausapata (97230 97231 97241 97401 97403)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	USA (California)	Mitrella gausapata (153705)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	USA (California)	Mitrella carinata (96887)
Zanclean - Gelasian	5.333 - 1.806	USA (California)	Mitrella gausapata (214260 214267 214269 214271)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	USA (California)	Mitrella carinata (200398 238435 238436 238453 238456 238605) Mitrella carinata, Mitrella gouldii (200403) Mitrella gouldii (96571 96572 96575)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	USA (California)	Columbella constantia, Columbella gausapata, Columbella californiana (186031) Mitrella gausapata (189542 189546 189547 189549)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	USA (California)	Mitrella gausapata (189561 189761 189762 189765 207666 207667 207668 207669 207671 207672 207673 207674 207675 207676 207694 207710 207724 214277 214281 214282 214285 214286)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	USA (California)	Mitrella gouldii (83787 168757 231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Mitrella carinata (223075)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Mitrella gausapata (237604 237610)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	USA (Oregon)	Columbella gausapata (71142)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (California)	Astyris gausapata (71054) Columbella gausapata (207886 222663 222664 222665 222666) Mitrella carinata (203095 203108 223309 223316 223327 223329) Mitrella gausapata (202632 202634 202635 202636 202639 202644 202646) Nitidella gouldii (138723)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Amycla gausapata, Nitidella gouldii (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	Columbella gausapata (222659 222660 222661 222662) Mitrella carinata (59063) Mitrella gausapata (226458) Mitrella gouldii (38043) Nassa pedroana (222650)