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Cerithidea scalariformis

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Pirena scalariformis was named by Say (1825). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cerithidea scalariformis by Petuch (2004) and Petuch and Roberts (2007).

Subspecies
C. palmbeachensis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. kanpokuensis, C. obtusa, C. ohiroi, C. microptera

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Cerithidea scalariformis Petuch pp. 269-270
2007Cerithidea scalariformis Petuch and Roberts p. 183

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusCerithideaSwainson 1840
speciesscalariformis(Say 1825)

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: 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 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cerithidea scalariformis (62458 79739 96538)