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Cantharus (Calicantharus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Cantharus (Calicantharus) Clark p. 712
1970Calicantharus Addicott p. 91
1991Calicantharus Vermeij
1994Calicantharus Titova p. 322
2002Calicantharus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCantharusRöding 1798
subgenusCalicantharus

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.

Subg. †Cantharus (Calicantharus) Clark 1938
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Calicantharus branneri Clark and Arnold 1923
Calicantharus dalli Clark 1918
Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866
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Invalid names: Calicantharus angulatus Arnold 1907 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Cantharus ashleyi Carson 1925 [synonym], Cantharus breaensis Carson 1925 [synonym], Cantharus elsmerensis Carson 1925 [synonym], Chrysodomus arnoldi Rivers 1904 [synonym]
Calicantharus kernensis Anderson and Martin 1914
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 48.07000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (120 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (California) Cantharus californicus (191188)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04Canada (British Columbia) Searlesia branneri (7738 63087)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (California) Calicantharus branneri (219758) Calicantharus dalli (72406) Searlesia dalli (122273)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Chrysodomus kernensis (237346) Thais kettlemanensis (206370)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (195078) Calicantharus kettlemanensis (195120 195300) Calicantharus sp. (194805)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (California) Calicantharus sp. (37543)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Thais kettlemanensis (216867 216869 216901)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (194798 195034) Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus kettlemanensis (194801 194803) Calicantharus humerosus, Calicantharus kettlemanensis (194895) Calicantharus kettlemanensis (194806 194891 195032 195037) Calicantharus sp. (194892) Calicantharus sp., Calicantharus humerosus (195029)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Calicantharus humerosus (97209 97230 97231 97233 97401 97403) Chrysodomus arnoldi (208580) Thais kettlemanensis (206368 206373)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Calicantharus humerosus (96908) Cantharus arnoldi, Cantharus elsmerensis (204367 204368) Cantharus ashleyi (204365 204366) Cantharus breaensis, Solenosteira angelensis (204364) Thais kettlemanensis (215294 215435 216864 216906)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (214258 214260 214262 214266 214267 214268 214270) Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus humerosus (214256 214257 214259 214261)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus humerosus (238460 239465 239469 239470 239575) Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus kettlemanensis (238609) Calicantharus humerosus (238418 238456 238457 238458 238459 238580 238605 238606 238607 238611 238612 238613 238615 238619 238622 239463 239574 239576 239578 239580) Calicantharus humerosus, Calicantharus kettlemanensis (238421 238436 238437 238616 238621) Calicantharus humerosus, Calicantharus kettlemanensis, Calicantharus fortis (238435) Cantharus fortis (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Calicantharus sp. (189542)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.8USA (California) Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus humerosus (214255)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) Cantharus fortis (220007 237590)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (214277) Calicantharus fortis, Calicantharus fortis (207761) Calicantharus humerosus (214285) Calicantharus sp. (207667)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (37934 37936 37939 37940 37941 37943 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (71053 202969 202974 203105 203108 203114) Cantharus fortis (202636 203113) Pisania fortis (222998)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cantharus fortis (59063) Pisania fortis (222659 222660)