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Hemicerithium craticulum

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Hemicerithium craticulum was named by Hoerle (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 646952, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 998 - Tenmile Creek [Chipola Fm], which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Hemicerithium craticulum Hoerle p. 7 figs. pl. 2, fig. 4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
genusHemicerithiumCossmann 1893
speciescraticulum

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.

Hemicerithium craticulum Hoerle 1972
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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: 2009-09-10 07:11:54
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Hemicerithium craticulum (89574 89575 92461 92503 type locality: 92548 92551 92555)