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Cantharus perrini

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy

Cantharus perrini was named by Dickerson (1915). Its type specimen is CAS 315 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is CAS loc. 183, Big Bend of Cowlitz River, which is in a Bartonian marine mudstone/sandstone in the Cowlitz Formation of Washington.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

C. amycus, C. andrei, C. aquitanensis, C. assimilis, C. cancellarioides, C. clarksvillensis, C. compressus, C. dorbigny, C. elegans, C. elegantissimus, C. erythrostomus, C. eurythrosyoma, C. exsculptus, C. gemmatus, C. janellii, C. johnsoni, C. liratus, C. magnicostatus, C. minutulus, C. multangulata, C. multicostatus, C. multicostatus, C. pauper, C. polygonatus, C. predistortis, C. pseudostenomphalus, C. rhombus, C. rubiginosus, C. scissus, C. scrupeus, C. sequinensis, C. subandrei, C. subcostulatus, C. subpusillus, C. undosus, C. varians, C. vasseuri, C. ventricosus, C. viverratus, C. vokesii, C. lemniscatus, C. intermedia, C. polygonatus, C. polygonatus, C. casteri, C. elegantissimus, C. marylandicus, C. longulus, C. cochlearis, C. gocevi, C. heberti, C. herberti, C. ickei, C. lulianus, C. plicatus, C. undosus, C. multangula

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1915	Cantharus perrini Dickerson p. 65 figs. Plate 7, figures 10a, 10b

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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	Cantharus	Röding 1798
species	perrini

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.

†Cantharus perrini Dickerson 1915

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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: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Priabonian or 41.03000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Washington)	Cantharus perrini (type locality: 207129)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	Cantharus perrini (202067)