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Cyclophorus

Gastropoda - Cyclophoridae

Taxonomy
Cyclophorus was named by Montfort (1810). It is extant. It is the type genus of Cyclophoridae, Cyclophorinae.

It was assigned to Cyclophoridae by Conrad et al. (2013); and to Cyclophorinae by Raheem and Schneider (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1810Cyclophorus Montfort
2013Cyclophorus Conrad et al.
2017Cyclophorus Raheem and Schneider p. 1303

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyCyclophoroideaGray 1847
familyCyclophoridaeGray 1847
subfamilyCyclophorinaeGray 1847
genusCyclophorusMontfort 1810

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.

G. Cyclophorus Montfort 1810
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†Cyclophorus hangmonensis Raheem and Schneider 2017
Cyclophorus saturnus Pfeiffer 1862
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:12:06
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:12:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) C. sp. (60474)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Romania (Hunedoara) C. sp. (67811)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) C. sp. (55390)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Vietnam C. hangmonensis (231080)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Thailand C. malayanus, C. sp., C. saturnus (176213)