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Cymatiidae

Gastropoda - Cymatiidae

Taxonomy
Cymatiidae was named by Iredale (1913) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5446]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Turner (1938); to Prosobranchiata by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Mesogastropoda by Addicott (1970); to Cymatiacea by Hickman (1980); to Tonnacea by Squires (1984); to Neptunellininae by Ponder and Warén (1988); and to Tonnoidea by Harzhauser (2002), Bouchet et al. (2017).

Subtaxa
Cubestana, Distorsioninae, Ranella (syn. Mayena)
Entered
by M. Kosnik on 2004-04-01; modified by J. Marcot on 2019-03-20

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Cymatiidae Iredale
1938Cymatiidae Turner p. 90
1947Cymatiidae Harris and Palmer p. 335
1970Cymatiidae Addicott p. 72
1980Cymatiidae Hickman p. 45
1984Cymatiidae Squires p. 27
1988Cymatiidae Ponder and Warén p. 302
2002Cymatiidae Harzhauser p. 92
2017Cymatiidae Bouchet et al. p. 344

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCymatiidaeIredale 1913
familyCymatiidaeIredale 1913

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.

Fm. Cymatiidae Iredale 1913
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G. Cubestana Bolten 1798
G. Ranella Lamarck 1816
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†Ranella anglica Bell 1871
†Ranella antiqua Vredenburg 1921
†Ranella chilena Beu 2010
†Ranella cowlitzensis Weaver 1912
†Ranella domenginica Vokes 1939
Ranella gemmifera Euthyme 1889
†Ranella intercostalis Tate 1888
†Ranella junghuhni Martin 1879
†Ranella katherineae Squires 1983
†Ranella leucostoma Lamarck 1822
†Ranella louellae Beu 1988
†Ranella magnifica Martin 1879
Ranella olearium Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Argobuccinum giganteum Lamarck 1816 [synonym]
†Ranella poppelacki Hornes 1853
†Ranella prattii Woods 1878
†Ranella promensis Vredenburg 1921
†Ranella tubercularis Risso 1826
†Ranella vancouverensis Clark and Arnold 1923
Invalid names: Mayena Iredale 1917 [synonym]
Invalid names: Distorsioninae Kuroda et al. 1971 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2006-11-12 08:17:11
Modified: 2006-11-12 10:17:11
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Ranella sp., Cymatiidae indet. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark Ranella faxensis (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Illinois) Ranella showalteri (70129)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) Ranella sp. (87001)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Ranella sp. (84467)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66USA (Texas) Ranella sp. (84474)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Murex mansfieldi (11117)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Ranella louellae (218667)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (Alabama) Ranella showalteri (2918 84471 86181 90606 205452 205499)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0USA (Texas) Ranella sp. (84651)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Texas) Ranella sp. (205455)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Ranella sp. (91859 101302)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California) Ranella cowlitzensis (205349) Ranella sp. (221985)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja) Ranella cowlitzensis (176457)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Texas) Ranella sp. (83950 205520)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Olequahia domenginica (201250)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California Sur) Olequahia domenginica (5496)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Mexico (Baja California) Olequahia domenginica (5506)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (Alabama) Ranella tuomeyi (80776 80792 98277)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03USA (California) Olequahia domenginica (8014)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Olequahia domenginica (5540 5542 8013 200720 200725 200726 201702) Ranella katherineae, Olequahia domenginica (8012)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Indonesia Ranella magnifica (70102)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Ranella cowlitzensis (139020)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Texas) Ranella sp. (205267)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Cymatiidae indet. (67839)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3New Zealand Mayena sculpturata (67928)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Myanmar Ranella tubercularis (76590)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Pakistan Ranella tubercularis (77159)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Myanmar Ranella promensis, Ranella antiqua (76583)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98India Gyrineum tuberculatum (72084 76573 76574)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Ranella poppelacki (89574)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Argobuccinum cancellatum (74868) Argobuccinum minuteornatum (70191)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) Triton intercostalis (72210)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria Cymatiidae indet. (74651)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Argobuccinum giganteum (38823)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Ranella leucostoma (70099) Ranella magnifica, Ranella junghuhni (70098)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Ranella raninoides (179627)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (Washington) Ranella marshalli (241050)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu Ranella sp. (77902)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain Ranella sp. (56687)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Pakistan Cymatiidae indet. (55399)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Cymatiidae indet. (69092)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Spain Ranella olearium (80562)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8United Kingdom (England) Ranella anglica (84757)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Italy Argobuccinum olearium (178457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Spain Ranella marginata (127361)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Namibia Ranella sp. (122929)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Sudan Ranella pusilla (101414)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Pakistan Cymatiidae indet. (55401 55402)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Cymatiidae indet. (81092)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Ranella pusilla (96787)