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Cantharus occidentalis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Fusus occidentalis was named by Gabb (1869).

It was recombined as Pseudoperissolax occidentalis by Stewart (1927); it was recombined as Cantharus occidentalis by Murphy and Rodda (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Fusus occidentalis Gabb pp. 146, 215 figs. pl. 26, fig. 23
1927Pseudoperissolax occidentalis Stewart p. 430 figs. pl. 21, fig. 1.
1960Cantharus occidentalis Murphy and Rodda p. 845 figs. Pl. 102, fig. 1

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCantharusRöding 1798
speciesoccidentalis()

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Early/Lower Cenomanian or 93.90000 to 93.50000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Turonian105.3 - 89.3USA (California) Cantharus occidentalis (215757)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) Cantharus occidentalis (1799 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Cantharus occidentalis (185409)