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Batillaria minima

Gastropoda - Batillariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1791Murex minimus Gmelin
1935Cerithium minimum Richards
2008Batillaria minima Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyBatillariidae(Thiele 1929)
genusBatillariaBenson 1842
speciesminima(Gmelin 1791)

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.

Batillaria minima Gmelin 1791
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: grazersubf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:10:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:32
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.12900 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Cuba Cerithium minimum (66775)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Batillaria minima (79739 96538)