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Gyrineum californicum

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Tritonium californicum was named by Gabb (1869). It is extant.

It was recombined as Nyctilochus californicus by Dickerson (1916); it was recombined as Argobuccinum californicum by Anderson and Hanna (1925); it was recombined as Gyrineum californicum by Stewart (1927).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Tritonium californicum Gabb p. 154 figs. PI. 26, Fig. 33
1916Nyctilochus californicus Dickerson p. 421
1925Argobuccinum californicum Anderson and Hanna pp. 53 - 54
1927Gyrineum californicum Stewart p. 384 figs. Plate XXX, fig. 6

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusGyrineumLink 1807
speciescalifornicum()

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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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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Bartonian or 56.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) Nyctilochus californicus (122337) Tritonium californicum, Nyctilochus californicus (200271)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Argobuccinum californicum (207113)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Nyctilochus californicus (122340)