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Cymia (Cymia) henekeni

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Cymia henekeni was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. Its type specimen is Holotype (no number), a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cymia (Cymia) henekeni by Hendy et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Cymia henekeni Maury p. 104 figs. pl. 17, fig. 1
2008Cymia (Cymia) henekeni 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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCymiaMörch 1860
subgenusCymiaMörch 1860
specieshenekeni()

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.

Cymia (Cymia) henekeni Maury 1917
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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Langhian or 20.44000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic Cymia henekeni (74962 93774 94143 131503 131524 131526)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic Cymia henekeni (93680 131477 131500 131501 131504 131505 131506)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Haiti Cymia henekeni (92454)