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Cerithidea (Cerithidea)

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cerithidea (Cerithidea) Swainson
1978Cerithidea (Cerithidea) Shuto p. 121

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusCerithideaSwainson 1840
subgenusCerithideaSwainson 1840

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.

Subg. Cerithidea (Cerithidea) Swainson 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Cerithidea morillensis (75360 75385 75387 75399 75401 75406 75407 75409 75410 75411 75412 75414 75417) Cerithidea vidali (75359 75394 75402)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) Cerithidea puruensis (179075)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia Cerithidea puruensis (70082)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Cerithidea babylonicus, Cerithidea bandongense (70077)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Cerithidea tegalensis (70080 84521)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Cerithidea cherbonnieri, Cerithidea obtusum, Cerithidea sp. (70084) Cerithidea sp. (70079)