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Cerithium (Thericium) burnsii

Gastropoda - Campanilidae

Taxonomy
Cerithium burnsii was named by Dall (1892). Its type specimen is USNM 113354, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 453 - Alum Bluff [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

It was recombined as Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) burnsii by Cossmann (1906); it was recombined as Cerithium (Thericium) burnsii by Hoerle (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Cerithium burnsii Dall p. 280
1906Cerithium (Ptychocerithium) burnsii Cossmann p. 142
1972Cerithium (Thericium) burnsii Hoerle p. 5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Campanilimorpha(Haszprunar 1988)
superfamilyCampaniloideaDouvillé 1904
familyCampanilidaeDouvillé 1904
genusCerithiumMonterosato 1809
subgenusThericium
speciesburnsii(Dall 1892)

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: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-19 08:40:59
Modified: 2009-09-19 10:43:35
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Cerithium burnsii (89574 89576 91536 92379 92458 92460 92461 92505 type locality: 92512 92554 92556 92559 92564)