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Vexillum (Costellaria) micramadum

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)107870https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=107870
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Costellariidae : Vexillum : Vexillum (Costellaria) micramadum
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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyCostellariidaeMacDonald 1860
genusVexillumRöding 1798
subgenusVexillum (Costellaria)Swainson 1840
speciesVexillum (Costellaria) micramadumWoodring 1928
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Vexillum (Costellaria) micramadumspeciesbelongs to Vexillum (Costellaria)stated with evidenceWoodring, 1928
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance3.60 - 2.59 Ma
Cenozoic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Costellariidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Costellariidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. P. Woodring. 1928. Miocene Molluscs from Bowden, Jamaica. Part 2: Gastropods and discussion of results. Contributions to the Geology and Palaeontology of the West Indies

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1928Vexillum (Costellaria) micramadum Woodring p. 245 figs. pl. 14, fig. 16
2008Vexillum (Costellaria) micramadum Hendy et al.

References

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
Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions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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