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Cymia sekii

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Cymia sekii was named by Mizuno (1954). Its type specimen is GSJ 1700 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ashibetsu Fm - Sorachi, which is in a Bartonian fluvial sandstone/siltstone in the Ashibetsu Formation of Japan.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. buchivacoana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1954Cymia sekii Mizuno p. 106

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCymiaMörch 1860
speciessekii

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.

†Cymia sekii Mizuno 1954
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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Bartonian or 41.30000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Japan Cymia sekii (type locality: 70906)