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Metacerithiinae

Gastropoda - Procerithiidae

Taxonomy
Metacerithiinae was named by Cossmann (1906).

It was assigned to Procerithiidae by Allison (1955) and Kase (1984).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Metacerithiinae Cossmann
1955Metacerithiinae Allison p. 417
1984Metacerithiinae Kase p. 133

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Cerithiimorpha(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
familyProcerithiidaeCossmann 1905
subfamilyMetacerithiinaeCossmann 1906
subfamilyMetacerithiinaeCossmann 1906

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.

Subfm. †Metacerithiinae Cossmann 1906
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G. †Cimocerithium Cossmann 1906
G. †Cimolithium Cossmann 1906
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†Cimolithium belgicum d'Archiac 1846
†Cimolithium eleanorae Allison 1955
†Cimolithium miyakoense Nagao 1934
G. †Rostrocerithium Cossmann 1906
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:18:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:18:02
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Turonian or 122.46000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan Cimolithium miyakoense (91285 91286 91287 91310)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) Cimolithium miyakoense, Cimolithium eleanorae (1878 1881)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Japan Cimolithium miyakoense (91252)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6Egypt Cimolithium tenouklense (140606 140608)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt Cimolithium tenouklense (150677 150737)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain Cimolithium tenouklense (175374 175376)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Cimolithium belgicum (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria (Batna) Cimolithium tenouklense (234823 234827 234831 234835)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Cimolithium tenouklense (140613)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Cimolithium tenouklense (114785)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Libya Cimolithium tenoukiense (208628)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Cimolithium tenouklense (114798)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria (Batna) Cimolithium tenouklense (234825 234829 234833 234838)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt Cimolithium tenouklense (140231)
Middle Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Algeria (Batna) Cimolithium tenouklense (234824 234828 234832)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France Cimolithium sp. (3728)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Cimolithium tenouklense (114799 140243)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Spain Cimolithium tenouklense (175375)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3France Rostrocerithium plicatum (59230)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3Egypt Cimolithium tenouklense (184738)