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Conus cacuminatus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5935294https://www.gbif.org/species/5935294
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)71934https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71934
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus cacuminatus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus cacuminatus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusConusLinnaeus 1758
speciesConus cacuminatusSpieker 1922
Generic NameConus
Scientific NameConus cacuminatus (Spieker, 1922)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Conus cacuminatusspeciesbelongs to Conusstated with evidenceSpieker, 1922
Conus cacuminatusspeciesbelongs to Conus (Leptoconus)stated with evidenceWoodring, 1928
Conus cacuminatusspeciesbelongs to Conusstated with evidenceOlsson, 1964
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Last Recorded Appearance2.59 - 0.78 Ma
Pleistocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Conidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Conidae)
Taphonomyintermediate (based on Conus)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. M. Spieker. 1922. The Paleontology of the Zorritos Formation of the North Peruvian Oil Fields. The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 3:1-196

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1922Conus cacuminatus Spieker pp. 41-42 figs. pl. 1, fig. 5
1928Conus (Leptoconus) cacuminatus Woodring p. 209
1932Conus (Leptoconus) cacuminatus Olsson p. 155
1964Conus cacuminatus Olsson p. 82
1970Conus cacuminatus Woodring p. 351
1987Conus cacuminatus Perrilliat p. 19
2008Conus cacuminatus Hendy et al.

References

Spieker E. M. (1922) The Paleontology of the Zorritos Formation of the North Peruvian Oil Fields, The Johns Hopkins University Studies in Geology 3, 1-196
Woodring W. P. (1928) Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results, Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies
Olsson A. A. (1964) , Neogene Mollusks From Northwestern Ecuador
Woodring W. P. (1970) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 D, 299-452
Perrilliat M.C. (1987) Gasteropodos y un cefalopodo de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan, Paleontologia Mexicana 52, 1-58
Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
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