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Brachycythara

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Brachycythara was named by Woodring (1928) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l T Plio].

It was assigned to Mangeliinae by Woodring (1928); to Turridae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987), Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Mangeliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species
B. gibba, B. reidenbachi
Species lacking formal opinion data
B. dasa, B. gordonae, B. terminula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Brachycythara Woodring p. 174
1987Brachycythara Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
2001Brachycythara Todd
2002Brachycythara Sepkoski
2011Brachycythara Bouchet et al. p. 281

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusBrachycythara

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.

G. †Brachycythara Woodring 1928
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†Brachycythara gibba Guppy 1896
†Brachycythara reidenbachi Ward and Blackwelder 1987
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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 20.45000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) B. dasa (41760 42290 42328)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Cythara gibba (58816)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Florida) B. sp. (146875)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica B. sp. (69090 69094) B. sp., B. gibba (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) B. sp. (61336)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama (Bocas) B. sp. (79871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) B. gordonae (79331) B. sp. a (41501) B. terminula (41497)