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Cerithiopsidella fossilis

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy
Cerithiopsis fossilis was named by Bartsch (1911). Its type specimen is USNM 195193, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Deadman Island area - Lower San Pedro Series (1900s-1950s) [San Pedro Sand], which is in a Pleistocene coastal sandstone in the San Pedro Sand Formation of California.

It was recombined as Cerithiopsis arnoldi fossilis by Woodring et al. (1946); it was recombined as Cerithiopsidella fossilis by Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. trinodosa, C. dautzenbergi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1911Cerithiopsis fossilis Bartsch p. 353 figs. pl. 38, fig. 3
1946Cerithiopsis arnoldi fossilis Woodring et al. p. 97
2021Cerithiopsidella fossilis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyCerithiopsidaeAdams and Adams 1853
genusCerithiopsidellaHanley 1849
speciesfossilis()

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.

†Cerithiopsidella fossilis Bartsch 1911
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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 08:29:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Cerithiopsis arnoldi (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Cerithiopsis fossilis (237610)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cerithiopsis fossilis (138723 type locality: 222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cerithiopsis fossilis (160361 226458)