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Tiberia (Cossmannica)

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Taxonomy
Cossmannica was named as a genus. It is extant.

It was reranked as Tiberia (Cossmannica) by Le Renard (1994), Jeffery and Tracey (1997); it was reranked as Pyramidella (Cossmannica) by Garvie (1996).

It was assigned to Tiberia by Le Renard (1994); to Pyramidella by Garvie (1996); to Pyramidellidae by Kendrick (1990), Jeffery and Tracey (1997); and to Heterostrophia by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Cossmannica Kendrick p. 43
1994Tiberia (Cossmannica) Le Renard
1996Pyramidella (Cossmannica) Garvie p. 118
1997Tiberia (Cossmannica) Jeffery and Tracey p. 101
2002Cossmannica Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
RankNameAuthor
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderPylopulmonataTeasdale 2017
superfamilyPyramidelloidea(Gray 1840)
familyPyramidellidaeGray 1840
subgenusTiberia (Cossmannica)
subgenusCossmannica

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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Cossmannica agassizi Le Renard 1994
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. L. Garvie 1996Columellar folds two; shell not umbilicated, surface polished, marked by fine lines of growth and microscopic spiral striations; basal fasciole absent; aperture suboval (after Dall and Bartsch, 1909, p. 10).
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:35:11
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:35:11
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Tiberia sp. (22931)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Cossmannica sp. (8105)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Pyramidella filamentosa, Pyramidella tundrae (84337) Pyramidella tundrae (7788 7789 84325 178054) Pyramidella tundrae, Pyramidella tundrae (83950)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07United Kingdom (England) Cossmannica agassizi (3267)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene56.0 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) Cossmannica emarginata (3258)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (Texas) Pyramidella filamentosa, Pyramidella perexilis, Pyramidella tundrae (205520 205533) Pyramidella tundrae (205521)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Cossmannica emarginata (8125) Cossmannica emarginata, Cossmannica speciosa (8124)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Cossmannica sp. (63351)