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Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Typhis cercadicus was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic. TYPE SPECIMEN: Now at PRI.]. Its type specimen is Cornell Paleo. Lab. 36813, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Laevityphis (Laevityphis) cercadicus by Keen (1944); it was recombined as Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus by Gertman (1969).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. linguifer

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Typhis cercadicus Maury p. 101 figs. pl. 16, fig. 12
1944Laevityphis (Laevityphis) cercadicus Keen pp. 59, 64
1969Siphonochelus (Siphonochelus) cercadicus Gertman p. 168

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusSiphonochelusJousseaume 1880
subgenusSiphonochelusJousseaume 1880
speciescercadicus()

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.

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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Typhis cercadicus (173459)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Siphonochelus cercadicus (131563)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Siphonochelus cercadicus (74967 74969 75037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Typhis cercadicus (58815)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Siphonochelus cercadicus (80084)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Dominican Republic Siphonochelus cercadicus (93612)