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Conus ximenes

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)170384https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=170384
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conus : Conus ximenes
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 ximenesGray 1839
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Conus ximenesspeciesbelongs to Conusstated with evidenceGray, 1839
Conus ximenesspeciesbelongs to Conus (Ximeniconus)stated without evidenceKeen, 1971
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First 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)A. M. Keen. 1971. Sea Shells of Tropical West America

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1839Conus ximenes Gray
1971Conus (Ximeniconus) ximenes Keen p. 669

References

Keen A. M. (1971) , Sea Shells of Tropical West America, 1-1064
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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