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Cerithidea costatus

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Strombiformis costata was named by da Costa (1778). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cerithidea costata by Bequaert (1942); it was recombined as Cerithidea costatus by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Strombiformis costata da Costa
1942Cerithidea costata beattyi Bequaert
1942Cerithidea costata Bequaert pp. 3-4
2007Cerithidea beattyi Petuch and Roberts p. 183
2008Cerithidea costatus Hendy et al.

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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
speciescostatus(da Costa 1778)

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.

Cerithidea costatus da Costa 1778
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Invalid names: Cerithidea beattyi Bequaert 1942 [synonym]
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: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Cerithidea costata (66773)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cerithidea beattyi (62458) Cerithidea costata (96538) Cerithidea costata, Cerithidea beattyi (79739)