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Cerithium (Ptychocerithium)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Ptychocerithium was named by Sacco (1895) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) by Vredenburg (1928), Beets (1941), Abbass (1967), Shuto (1978), Harzhauser et al. (2002), Harzhauser (2004).

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cerithium by Vredenburg (1928), Beets (1941), Abbass (1967), Shuto (1978), Harzhauser et al. (2002), Harzhauser (2004); and to Cerithiidae by Zunino and Pavia (2009).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Cerithium abbassi, Cerithium abictiforme, Cerithium acuticostatum, Cerithium adustum, Cerithium agnotum, Cerithium alejandroi, Cerithium alternatum, Cerithium aluco, Cerithium alveolus, Cerithium americanum, Cerithium ancisum, Cerithium ancisum, Cerithium angyostoma, Cerithium appenninicum, Cerithium armoricense, Cerithium arzierense, Cerithium aubersonense, Cerithium austenii, Cerithium austriacum, Cerithium avunculum, Cerithium baluchi, Cerithium bayeri, Cerithium beberkirianum, Cerithium bicariniferum, Cerithium binodosum, Cerithium binodulasum, Cerithium bioekense, Cerithium blainvillei, Cerithium boettgeri, Cerithium boulei, Cerithium brocchii, Cerithium bronni, Cerithium bustamantii, Cerithium cailliaudi, Cerithium calcivelatum, Cerithium callisoma, Cerithium caloosaene, Cerithium caloosaense, Cerithium caloosaense, Cerithium caloosaensis, Cerithium chavannesi, Cerithium claibornense, Cerithium clementinum, Cerithium clypeomorus, Cerithium coccodes, Cerithium coccodes, Cerithium comperei, Cerithium conica, Cerithium cookei, Cerithium coquandi, Cerithium corallicolum, Cerithium corallium, Cerithium costulatum, Cerithium coxi, Cerithium crenatum, Cerithium crenatum, Cerithium cvijici, Cerithium cyprinum, Cerithium cyprinum, Cerithium dalmatinum, Cerithium decheni, Cerithium delpeyae, Cerithium dialeucum, Cerithium diplax, Cerithium disjunctum, Cerithium domingense, Cerithium dubium, Cerithium echiatum, Cerithium egenum, Cerithium egerense, Cerithium elegans, Cerithium elegantulum, Cerithium europaeum, Cerithium eutextile, Cerithium eymardi, Cerithium ferelaeve, Cerithium filiferum, Cerithium floridanum, Cerithium forbesianum, Cerithium furcatum, Cerithium gainesense, Cerithium georgianum, Cerithium gilyandense, Cerithium girardoti, Cerithium glaphyrea, Cerithium globulosum, Cerithium globulosum, Cerithium gonzagae, Cerithium grandineum, Cerithium granulium, Cerithium gravesi, Cerithium griepenkerli, Cerithium guillantoni, Cerithium guinacium, Cerithium gurabense, Cerithium halense, Cerithium harrisi, Cerithium harveyensis, Cerithium heeri, Cerithium hericarti, Cerithium hernandoensis, Cerithium hillsboroense, Cerithium inornatum, Cerithium interstria, Cerithium intradentatum, Cerithium isidis, Cerithium italicum, Cerithium jobae, Cerithium kacchense, Cerithium kalatense, Cerithium kavasiense, Cerithium kavasiense, Cerithium kobelti, Cerithium kobelti, Cerithium kobunense, Cerithium kochii, Cerithium koroniense, Cerithium koroniense, Cerithium krauskopfi, Cerithium laevisculum, Cerithium laevisubuloides, Cerithium leei, Cerithium libycum, Cerithium limaeforme, Cerithium litharium, Cerithium litharium, Cerithium litteratum, Cerithium lividulum, Cerithium maculosum, Cerithium mammillatum, Cerithium mangkalihatense, Cerithium manzourensis, Cerithium margaritaccum, Cerithium marginatum, Cerithium maryense, Cerithium mascotianum, Cerithium mazureki, Cerithium medium, Cerithium mendezense, Cerithium meneghini, Cerithium michaillense, Cerithium michelotti, Cerithium michelottii, Cerithium mimeticum, Cerithium miospinosum, Cerithium mogharens, Cerithium morgani, Cerithium morum, Cerithium morum, Cerithium mosense, Cerithium muricatum, Cerithium mutatum, Cerithium neocomiense, Cerithium nerei, Cerithium nesioticum, Cerithium nesoticum, Cerithium niasensis, Cerithium nicoleti, Cerithium nodosa, Cerithium nodulosum, Cerithium nodulosus, Cerithium obelicus, Cerithium obliquatum, Cerithium obliquistoma, Cerithium obsoletum, Cerithium ocirrhoe, Cerithium ornatissimum, Cerithium oscitans, Cerithium pachecoi, Cerithium paucicostatum, Cerithium pauxillum, Cerithium peratratum, Cerithium percostatum, Cerithium periphractum, Cerithium perparvulum, Cerithium peyroti, Cerithium pilsbryi, Cerithium pingue, Cerithium pingue, Cerithium pirabicum, Cerithium platynema, Cerithium plectrum, Cerithium pobulosum, Cerithium polygyricum, Cerithium polystropha, Cerithium portlandicum, Cerithium praecursor, Cerithium procerum, Cerithium procrenatum, Cerithium progoense, Cerithium pseudotelescopium, Cerithium puebloensis, Cerithium pygmaeum, Cerithium pyrgatum, Cerithium revillense, Cerithium riachuelanum, Cerithium roedereri, Cerithium rotundatum, Cerithium rubiginosum, Cerithium rubiginosum, Cerithium rubiginosum, Cerithium rubignosum, Cerithium rubus, Cerithium rueppelli, Cerithium rufonodulosum, Cerithium ruppelli, Cerithium russelli, Cerithium salebrosum, Cerithium salmo, Cerithium salrapes, Cerithium sanctae-crucis, Cerithium scalaroides, Cerithium schmidti, Cerithium schroderi, Cerithium sedgwickii, Cerithium selandicum, Cerithium septemplicatum, Cerithium sharighensc, Cerithium sharighense, Cerithium silicifluvium, Cerithium simpsonense, Cerithium sinensis, Cerithium sordidulum, Cerithium spathuliferum, Cerithium stercomuscarum, Cerithium stratum, Cerithium struckmanii, Cerithium subcostellatum, Cerithium subquadrangulatum, Cerithium subspinosum, Cerithium suwannensis, Cerithium taurinum, Cerithium tchihatcheffi, Cerithium tectiforme, Cerithium tenouklense, Cerithium tiara, Cerithium tombigbeense, Cerithium trailli, Cerithium tricingularum, Cerithium triticum, Cerithium turonicum, Cerithium turonicum, Cerithium turriculum, Cerithium turritum, Cerithium turritum, Cerithium uncinatum, Cerithium uniseriale, Cerithium valdense, Cerithium vandervlerki, Cerithium varicosum, Cerithium vaughani, Cerithium venustim, Cerithium verneuili, Cerithium verneuilli, Cerithium verrucosum, Cerithium vertagus, Cerithium vertagus, Cerithium vidali, Cerithium vidalinum, Cerithium viteli, Cerithium vulcaniforme, Cerithium vulgatum, Cerithium willcoxi, Cerithium williamsi, Cerithium zejszneri, Cerithium zeuschneri, Cerithium zeuschneri, Ptychocerithium archiaci, Ptychocerithium bronni, Ptychocerithium chevallieri, Ptychocerithium edulcoratum, Ptychocerithium goossensi, Ptychocerithium ickei, Ptychocerithium johannae, Ptychocerithium lamellosum, Ptychocerithium morgani, Ptychocerithium rembangense, Ptychocerithium resoviense, Ptychocerithium semicostatum, Ptychocerithium semicristatum, Ptychocerithium travancorense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1895Ptychocerithium Sacco
1928Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Vredenburg p. 358
1941Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Beets p. 52
1967Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Abbass p. 36
1978Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Shuto p. 146
1995Ptychocerithium Pacaud and Le Renard p. 155
2002Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Harzhauser et al.
2002Ptychocerithium Sepkoski
2004Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) Harzhauser p. 115
2009Ptycocerithium Zunino and Pavia p. 361

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyCerithiinaeFleming 1822
genusCerithiumBruguière 1789
subgenusPtychocerithium(Sacco 1895)

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2009-03-16 10:26:20
Modified: 2009-05-20 06:49:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.24000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (61 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Poland Ptychocerithium resoviense (27018) Ptychocerithium sp., Ptychocerithium resoviense, Ptychocerithium semicostatum (27020)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Türkiye (Central Anatolia) Cerithium archiaci (99342)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07India (Gujarat) Ptychocerithium shamukum (236692)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Ptychocerithium sp. A (183845)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Centre) Cerithium eymardi (178085)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Ptychocerithium lamellosum, Ptychocerithium semicristatum (171526)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Egypt Cerithium hassani (2954)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Indonesia (Central Java) Ptychocerithium ickei (179075)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Picardie) Ptychocerithium edulcoratum, Ptychocerithium goossensi, Ptychocerithium lamellosum (178083) Ptychocerithium lamellosum (178119)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Yvelines) Ptychocerithium lamellosum (177970 177975)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Ptychocerithium ickei, Ptychocerithium nanggulanense (70082)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Ptycocerithium lamellosum (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt Cerithium ansuriensis (2963)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Picardie) Ptychocerithium morgani (178155)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France (Île-de-France) Ptychocerithium chevallieri (179130)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Ptychocerithium johannae (141924 142111)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Ptychocerithium lamellosum (78565)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Cerithium perlamellosum (77158) Ptychocerithium perlamellosum (77450 77451)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Cerithium tricingularum, Cerithium ighinai, Cerithium perlamellosum, Cerithium haimei (77159)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Iran Cerithium ighinai (76197 76198 76200) Cerithium plicatoligocenica, Cerithium ighinai (76199)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Oman Cerithium archiaci (75608) Cerithium rude (75606)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Oman Cerithium rude (75609)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Sri Lanka Ptychocerithium archiaci (77646 77650)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Cerithium rude (77169 77172)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Cerithium perlamellosum (72083) Cerithium rude (72033) Ptychocerithium rude (77656)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Northern Mariana Islands Cerithium progoense (43368)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Ptycocerithium pseudoelongatum (178111)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98India Cerithium pseudocorrugatum, Cerithium rude (111230)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Türkiye Cerithium turritoplicatum (78550 78551)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France (Centre) Ptychocerithium bronni (179581)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Ptychocerithium rembangense, Ptychocerithium rude (70085) Ptychocerithium travancorense, Ptychocerithium rude (70081)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Cerithium procrenatum (38823)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus Cerithium kavasiense (71893) Cerithium koroniense (71886 71901 71904)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Greece Cerithium granulium, Cerithium salmo (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Cerithium rude (42275)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Ptychocerithium travancorense, Ptychocerithium rude (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Cerithium progoense (42224)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Vanuatu Cerithium rostratum (77904)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Pakistan Cerithium pseudocorrugatum (77295)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cerithium rostratum (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Cerithium rostratum (96791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Cerithium rostratum (194003)