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Nicema

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Nicema was named by Woodring (1964) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 553,854]. Its type is Nicema amara.

It was reranked as Northia (Nicema) by Olsson (1964).

It was assigned to Northia by Olsson (1964); to Photinae by Vermeij (1998); to Buccinidae by Woodring (1964) and Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1964Northia (Nicema) Olsson
1964Nicema Woodring
1998Nicema Vermeij p. 74
2001Nicema Todd
2002Nicema Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusNicemaWoodring 1964

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. †Nicema Woodring 1964
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Nicema amara Woodring 1964
Nicema guttifera Grzybowski 1899
Nicema predistorta Marks 1951
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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.62000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Guayas) Cantharus predistortus (61084 61086 61088)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) N. sp. (79791 79984 79985 79995 136014)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama N. amara (52169 52170 82116 82121 93145) N. sp. (145524)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela N. sp. (130981)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Northia noctua (60662)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Northia sp. (131332)