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Cymatium praefemorale

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Lotorium praefemorale was named by Maury (1917) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Dominican Republic.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cymatium praefemorale by Pilsbry (1922), Beu (2010).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. dolarium, C. nodiferum, C. planinodum, C. vicksburgense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1917Lotorium praefemorale Maury p. 106 figs. pl. 17, fig. 3
1922Cymatium praefemorale Pilsbry p. 356
2010Cymatium praefemorale Beu p. 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
genusCymatiumRöding 1798
speciespraefemorale()

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.

†Cymatium praefemorale Maury 1917
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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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Early/Lower Pliocene or 11.63000 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Cymatium praefemorale (93686 131371)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cymatium praefemorale (84952 89557 89559 89564 89567 93606 93689 94006 94099 131387 131659 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cymatium praefemorale (74911 74967 75036 75037 75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lotorium praefemorale (58823)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cymatium praefemorale (74968 80084 80136 93733 93795 131634)