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Cymbiola

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Cymbiola was named by Swainson (1831) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 530]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Zidoninae by Wilson (1994); to Volutinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1831Cymbiola Swainson
1847Aulica Gray
1929Cymbiolacca Iredale
1929Cymbiolena Iredale
1935Aulica Oostingh p. 94
1961Pseudocymbiola McMichael
1994Cymbiola Wilson p. 120
1995Cymbiola Pacaud and Le Renard p. 166
2002Aulica Sepkoski
2002Cymbiola Sepkoski

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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
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutinaeRafinesque 1815
genusCymbiolaSwainson 1831

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. Cymbiola Swainson 1831
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Subg. Cymbiola (Aulicina) Roverato 1929
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Aulicina macdonaldi Tate 1889
Invalid names: Aulica Gray 1847 [synonym], Cymbiolacca Iredale 1929 [synonym], Cymbiolena Iredale 1929 [synonym], Pseudocymbiola McMichael 1961 [synonym]
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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Langhian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 13.82 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Voluta strophodon (72207)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Aulica multistriata, Aulica transverseplicata (70085)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Voluta macdonaldi, Voluta strophodon, Voluta weldii (72210)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) C. sp. (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) C. tabulata (63442)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Aulica scapha (70103) Aulica vespertilio (70077 70100)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Java) C. gedinganensis (45344)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Aulica scapha (84520 84533)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Aulica aulica (72098 72101 72102 72106)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia Aulica gendinganensis (70079)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) C. nivosa (63317 63318 63321)