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Elaeocyma

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Elaeocyma was named by Dall (1918) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Cymatosyrinx (Elaeocyma) by Dall (1921).

It was assigned to Cymatosyrinx by Dall (1921); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Drilliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species
E. empyrosia (syn. Drillia johnsoni), E. plicata
Species lacking formal opinion data
Clavus simplex, E. braunsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1918Elaeocyma Dall
1921Cymatosyrinx (Elaeocyma) Dall
2002Elaeocyma Sepkoski
2011Elaeocyma Bouchet et al. p. 289

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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)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusElaeocymaDall 1918

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. Elaeocyma Dall 1918
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Invalid names: Drillia johnsoni Arnold 1903 [synonym]
†Elaeocyma plicata Lamarck 1804
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 15:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.03 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Pleurotoma plicata (184110)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Raphitoma plicata (42639 42644)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) E. empyrosia (194803)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Japan E. braunsi (45507 45515 45525 45526)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) E. sp. (214256 214259 214260 214268 214269)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) E. empyrosia (238421 238435 238436 238437 238456 238605 238606 238609 238611) E. sp. (238418 239470)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Drillia johnsoni (189542) E. sp. (239463)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Drillia empyrosia (277712) E. sp. (214255)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) E. empyrosia (189765 207761) E. sp. (207663)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Clavus empyrosia (96593)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clavus empyrosia (59063) Drillia johnsoni (222660) E. empyrosia (160361)