Aturia cubaensis Lea 1841

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Alternative combination: Nautilus cubaensis

Synonyms: Aturia (Sphenaturia) brueggeni Ihering 1922, Aturia (Sphenaturia) felschi Ihering 1921, Aturia australis McCoy 1876, Aturia curvilineata Miller and Thompson 1937, Aturia grangei Fleming 1945, Aturia minoensis Kobayashi 1954, Aturia ziczac australis McCoy 1876, Nautilus caroliameghinoi Ihering 1902, Nautilus maldonadi Philippi 1897

Full reference: I. Lea. 1841. Notice of the oolitic formation in America, with descriptions of some of its organic remains. Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, New Series 7:251-260

Belongs to Aturia according to C. A. Laurito and M. J. Mora 2018

See also Beu 1968, Beu 1973, Bossio 1972, Casadío et al. 1999, Chapman 1915, Chapman 1921, Ehiro et al. 2001, Glaessner 1955, Jung 1966, Kobayashi 1960, Kobayashi and Masatani 1955, Lea 1841, McCoy 1876, Miller 1947, Miller and Downs 1950, Miller and Furnish 1955, Miller and Furnish 1956, Miller and Thompson 1937, Nielsen et al. 2009, Teichert 1944, Tomida et al. 2002, Tsuru 1987 and Woodring 1982

Sister taxa: Aturia (Aturia), Aturia (Brazaturia), Aturia (Nilaturia), Aturia (Sphenaturia), Aturia alabamensis, Aturia alaskensis, Aturia angustata, Aturia aturi, Aturia berryi, Aturia brazoensis, Aturia brueggeni, Aturia caroliameghinoi, Aturia clarkei, Aturia colombiana, Aturia coxi, Aturia dickersoni, Aturia felschi, Aturia formae, Aturia garretti, Aturia grandior, Aturia gujaratensis, Aturia kerniana, Aturia laticlavia, Aturia lotzi, Aturia luculoensis, Aturia mackayi, Aturia matsushitai, Aturia myrlae, Aturia narica, Aturia panamensis, Aturia peruviana, Aturia praeziczac, Aturia richardsi, Aturia rovasendiana, Aturia somaliensis, Aturia stansburiensis, Aturia triangula, Aturia turneri, Aturia vanuxemi, Aturia yokoyamai, Aturia ziczac

Type specimens:

  • Aturia cubaensis: ANSP 16123, a shell. Its type locality is White Limestone of Matanzas, which is in a Langhian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Güines Formation of Cuba.
  • Aturia (Sphenaturia) brueggeni: Its type locality is Punta Boquerón, Bahía Inútil, which is in a Lutetian/Bartonian marine sandstone in Chile.
  • Aturia (Sphenaturia) felschi:
  • Aturia australis: Its type locality is Near Mount Martha, which is in a Langhian offshore claystone/marl in the Fyansford Formation of Australia.
  • Aturia curvilineata: Its type locality is N.V.P. Blue No. 3892 - Cantaure Formation, which is in a Burdigalian transition zone/lower shoreface claystone in the Cantaure Formation of Venezuela.
  • Aturia grangei:
  • Aturia minoensis:
  • Aturia ziczac australis:
  • Nautilus caroliameghinoi:
  • Nautilus maldonadi:

Average measurements (in mm): shell diameter 42.1

Distribution:

• Miocene of Australia (11 collections), Chile (9), Colombia (1), Costa Rica (2), Cuba (3), Cyprus (1), France (1), Grenada (1), Italy (6), Japan (11), Malta (1), New Zealand (3), Pakistan (1), United States (4: Florida), Venezuela (3)

• Oligocene to Miocene of Australia (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (3)

• Eocene of Chile (2)

Total: 64 collections each including a single occurrence

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