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Ceratophallus

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae

Taxonomy
Ceratophallus was named by Brown and Mandahl-Barth (1973). It is extant.

It was assigned to Planorbidae by Peters (1990).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Ceratophallus Brown and Mandahl-Barth
1990Ceratophallus Peters p. 78

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyPlanorboideaRafinesque 1815
familyPlanorbidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCeratophallusBrown and Mandahl-Barth 1973

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.

G. Ceratophallus Brown and Mandahl-Barth 1973
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Ceratophallus apertus Martens 1897
Ceratophallus bicarinatus Mandahl-Barth 1954
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pleistocene to the top of the Holocene or 0.12900 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 0.0117 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) C. natalensis (110489)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Congo-Kinshasa C. kigeziensis, C. apertus, C. faini (22066)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Congo-Kinshasa C. kigeziensis, C. bicarinatus, C. apertus, C. faini (22067)