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Sveltia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae

Taxonomy
Sveltia was named by Jousseaume (1887) [COMMENTS: Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Plio Sepkoski's reference number: 700; EMENDED: Eocene-Recent [Hendy, 2008].]. It is extant. Its type is Voluta varricosa.

It was reranked as Cancellaria (Sveltia) by Martin (1904), Petit (1976) and Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Cancellaria by Martin (1904), Petit (1976) and Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cancellariidae by Wienrich (2001) and Landau et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Sveltia Jousseaume
1904Cancellaria (Sveltia) Martin p. 167
1976Cancellaria (Sveltia) Petit p. 35
2001Cancellaria (Sveltia) Todd
2001Sveltia Wienrich p. 514
2002Sveltia Sepkoski
2012Sveltia Landau et al. p. 328

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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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
genusSveltiaJousseaume 1887

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. Sveltia Jousseaume 1887
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Sveltia gladiator Petit 1976
†Sveltia inquilinus Jung and Petit 1990
†Sveltia major Ihering 1899
†Sveltia trochilia Olsson 1964
†Sveltia varricosa Brocchi 1814
Sveltia yoyottei Petit and Harasewych 1990
†Sveltia zahni Böse 1910
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 08:07:45
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:07:45
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Piacenzian or 59.20000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) S. sp. (91859 101306)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) S. gilberti (90818)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Nigeria S. multiplicis (41394)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) S. alveata, S. sp. (205503) S. sp. (205440 205454 205496 205527 205537)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) S. alveata, S. priama (90600 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) S. sp. (205410 205430 205480 205484 205485)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) S. alveata (92308 92355)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina S. major (71430 185967)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. varicosa (62882 62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. varicosa (62884)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. varicosa (62899 62934 62936 62940 62952)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy S. taurina (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany S. lyrata, S. sp. (111599)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) S. varicosa (61896 61897 61898 61900 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 61907 62867 62885 62886 62887 62889)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium S. paucicostata (77862 77863 77864 77869)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) S. zahni (135887)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) S. sp. (135828)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cancellaria inquilinus (75041 89564)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cancellaria inquilinus (74967)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Cancellaria trochilia (60772)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic S. inquilinus (89170)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Cancellaria trochilia (131332 131333 131334)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Cancellaria varicosa (72303)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India S. morgani (77658)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Portugal S. varicosa (171579)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.588Italy S. tribulus (178221)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) S. zahni (96440)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium S. jonkaireana (179048 179079)