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Cerithium eburneum

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Synonyms
  • Cerithium algicola was named by Adams (1845) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.

    It was recombined as Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) algicola by Vaughn (1921); it was synonymized subjectively with Cerithium eburneum by Hendy et al. (2008).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1792Cerithium eburneum Bruguière pp. 498-499
1845Cerithium algicola Adams p. 5
1921Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) algicola Vaughn
2007Cerithium algicola Petuch and Roberts p. 183
2008Cerithium eburneum Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyCerithiinaeFleming 1822
genusCerithiumBruguière 1789
specieseburneumBruguière 1792

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Cerithium eburneum Bruguière 1792
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Invalid names: Cerithium algicola Adams 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2009-03-16 10:26:20
Modified: 2009-05-20 06:49:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Cerithium algicola (131237) Cerithium eburneum (131217)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela (Carabobo) Cerithium eburneum (41540)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Cerithium algicola (41497)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Cerithium algicola (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Cerithium algicola (75422 75425)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Cerithium algicola (60882 60890)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Cerithium algicola (66773)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Cerithium algicola (67969) Cerithium eburneum (67947 67960 67966 67968)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Cerithium algicola (80046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Cayman Islands Cerithium eburneum (80835 80837 80853 80854)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Cerithium algicola, Cerithium eburneum (80407 80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Cerithium eburneum (69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cerithium algicola (79739) Cerithium eburneum (69034 96538)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Cerithium eburneum (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Bahamas (San Salvador) Cerithium eburneum (173828)