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Cymia sacellum
Taxonomy
Murex sacellum was named by Chemntiz (1788) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is not a trace fossil.
It was recombined as Purpura sacellum by Reeve (1846); it was recombined as Cymia sacellum by Vredenburg (1925).
It was recombined as Purpura sacellum by Reeve (1846); it was recombined as Cymia sacellum by Vredenburg (1925).
Subspecies
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1788 | Murex sacellum Chemntiz p. 267 figs. figs. 1561, 1562 |
| 1846 | Purpura sacellum Reeve p. 58 |
| 1925 | Cymia sacellum Vredenburg p. 228 |
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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 sacellum Chemntiz 1788
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†Cymia sacellum burrowsi Newton 1905
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma
Collections (2 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Early/Lower Pliocene | Pakistan | Cymia sacellum (77138) | |
| Pliocene | India | Cymia sacellum (77658) |