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Cerodrillia simpsoni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma (Mangilia) simpsoni was named by Dall (1887) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; North Carolina-Florida.]. It is extant. Its type specimen is USNM 61040, a shell.

It was recombined as Syntomodrillia simpsoni by Woodring (1928); it was recombined as Drillia simpsoni by Gardner (1948); it was recombined as Cerodrillia (Lissodrillia) simpsoni by DuBar (1958); it was recombined as Cerodrillia simpsoni by Hendy et al. (2008).

Subspecies
Pleurotoma (Mangilia) simpsoni cingulata
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. exigua, C. niaddrina, C. nysti, C. sigmoidea, C. soror

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Pleurotoma (Mangilia) simpsoni Dall
1887Pleurotoma (Mangilia) simpsoni Dall pp. 54-55
1928Syntomodrillia simpsoni Woodring p. 162
1948Drillia simpsoni Gardner p. 270
1958Cerodrillia (Lissodrillia) simpsoni DuBar p. 188
2008Cerodrillia simpsoni Hendy et al.

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusCerodrilliaBartsch and Rehder 1939
speciessimpsoni(Dall 1887)

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 mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Pleistocene or 2.58000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Cerodrillia simpsoni (79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Drillia simpsoni (59316)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Drillia simpsoni (59313)