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Conasprella imitator ✝
| Description | Conasprella imitator is an extinct species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Conidae, the cone snails and their allies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conasprella_imitator, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | species | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conasprella : Conasprella imitator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conasprella imitator | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Generic Name | Conasprella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Conasprella imitator (A.P.Brown & Pilsbry, 1911) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.4 Ma Oligocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Conidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Conidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | intermediate (based on Conus) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. Jung. 1971. Fossil mollusks from Carriacou, West Indies. Bulletins of American Paleontology 61(269):1-262 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conasprella_imitator |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Conus imitator imitator subspecies | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conus imitator lius ✝ subspecies | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Conus imitator sophus ✝ subspecies | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Conus imitator springvalensis ✝ subspecies | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Conus dalli Toula, 1911 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conasprella : Conus dalli |
| Gradiconus imitator (Brown & Pilsbry, 1911) | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conasprella : Gradiconus imitator |
| Conus imitator A.P.Brown & Pilsbry, 1911 | GBIF | species | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conasprella : Conus imitator |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1911 | Conus imitator Brown and Pilsbry p. 342 figs. Pl. 23, fig 4 |
| 1911 | Conus dalli Toula p. 508 figs. pl. 31, fig. 23 |
| 1913 | Conus (Lithoconus) dalli Cossmann p. 41 |
| 1917 | Conus dalli Maury p. 48 |
| 1922 | Conus imitator Olsson p. 45 |
| 1928 | Conus (Leptoconus) imitator Woodring p. 209 |
| 1929 | Conus imitator Anderson p. 108 |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1940 | Conus imitator Mansfield p. 203 |
| 1960 | Conus imitator Barrios p. 295 |
| 1970 | Conus imitator Woodring p. 354 |
| 1971 | Conus imitator Jung p. 211 |
| 2009 | Gradiconus imitator Tucker and Tenorio p. 97 |
| 2010 | Conus imitator Landau and Marques da Silva p. 101 |
References
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!
