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Siphonalia cassidariaeformis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy

Buccinum cassidariaeforme was named by Reeve (1843). It is extant. It is the type species of Siphonalia, Siphonalia (Siphonalia).

It was recombined as Siphonalia (Siphonalia) cassidariaeformis by Ruth (1942); it was recombined as Siphonalia cassidariaeformis by Okutaini (2000).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

S. angusticostata, S. bervillei, S. dainitiensis, S. harrisi, S. longicanalis, S. mikado, S. plummeri, S. potomacensis, S. spadicea, S. stearnsii, S. trilira, S. wheatlandensis, S. varicosa

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1843	Buccinum cassidariaeforme Reeve figs. Pl. 2, species 11
1942	Siphonalia (Siphonalia) cassidariaeformis Ruth p. 288 figs. Pl. 47, Figs. 1a-b
2000	Siphonalia cassidariaeformis Okutaini p. 479

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Siphonalia	Adams 1863
species	cassidariaeformis	(Reeve 1843)

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.

Siphonalia cassidariaeformis Reeve 1843

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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 08:10:04

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:10:04

Source: f = family, 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
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Japan	Siphonalia cassidariaeformis (96970 97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	Siphonalia cassidariaeformis (97961)