Concholepas concholepas

Concholepas concholepas, the Chilean abalone or Peruvian tolina, is a species of large edible sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk. Despite the superficial resemblance, C. concholepas is not a true abalone, but a member of the family Muricidae, also known as murex snails or rock snails. This species is native to the coasts of Chile and Peru, where it is called loco, pata de burro, tolina, or chanque.

Concholepas concholepas

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
ConcholepasPBDB
Diet
carnivorePBDB, for Muricidae
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Muricidae
Motility
actively mobilePBDB, for Muricidae
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 2.4 million years on record.

The record covers at least 2.58 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 5.333 Mya to 0 Mya.

Miocene — about 0 of 30 occurrencesPliocene — about 5 of 30 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 25 of 30 occurrencesPleistoceneHolocene — about 0 of 30 occurrences5.4–5.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.3–5.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences5.1–4.9 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences4.9–4.7 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences4.7–4.5 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences4.5–4.3 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences4.3–4.1 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences4.1–3.9 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences3.9–3.7 Mya — about 0.0 occurrences3.7–3.5 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences3.5–3.3 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences3.3–3.1 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences3.1–2.9 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences2.9–2.7 Mya — about 0.8 occurrences2.7–2.5 Mya — about 1.0 occurrences2.5–2.3 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.3–2.1 Mya — about 1 occurrence2.1–1.9 Mya — about 1 occurrence1.9–1.8 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.8–1.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.6–1.4 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.4–1.2 Mya — about 2 occurrences1.2–972 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences972 ka–778 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences778 ka–583 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences583 ka–389 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences389 ka–194 ka Mya — about 2 occurrences194 ka–0 Mya — about 6 occurrences2.58 Mya129 ka5.8 Mya0 Mya

30 occurrences of Concholepas concholepas on record, most of them in the Pleistocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

30 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

8 formations

Estratos de Caldera — 27.05°S, 70.79°WEstratos de Caldera — 27.05°S, 70.79°WEstratos de Caldera — 27.22°S, 70.88°WEstratos de Caldera — 27.27°S, 70.91°WEstratos de Caldera — 27.12°S, 70.91°WEstratos de Caldera — 27.45°S, 70.85°WEstratos de Caldera — 27.51°S, 70.84°WEstratos de Caldera — 27.70°S, 70.97°WDepósitos Litorales — 28.10°S, 71.13°WDepósitos Litorales — 28.38°S, 71.17°WDepósitos Litorales — 28.61°S, 71.22°WPampa del Palo Terrace — 17.58°S, 71.17°WPisco — 15.61°S, 74.63°WFormación Coquimbo — 29.08°S, 71.46°WFormación Coquimbo — 30.32°S, 71.57°WSan Juan Terrace — 15.33°S, 75.17°WHuacllaco — 15.90°S, 74.17°WPongo — 15.53°S, 74.73°W

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The named rock units Concholepas concholepas has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 3 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Concholepas concholepas and its relatives

Pleistocene

Where Concholepas concholepas and its relatives were recorded in the Pleistocene.

Found in the same rock

113 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 26 sites for Concholepas concholepas, and this reads all of them. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

12 references

Each of the 30 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

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Picture of Concholepas concholepas

Credit
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CC BY-SA 3.0
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CT scan

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Specimen
Concholepas concholepas · SMF:161283b

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Bruguiére 1789)