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Cystiscus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae

Taxonomy
Cystiscus was named by Stimpson (1865) [m. kosnik taxon no: 8220]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Hyalina (Cystiscus) by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was reranked as Marginella (Cystiscus) by Valentine (1958).

It was assigned to Hyalina by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); to Marginella by Valentine (1958); to Marginellidae by Wilson (1993); and to Cystiscidae by Todd (2001).

Species
Hyalina (Cystiscus) instabilata (syn. Marginella pacifica)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. japonica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cystiscus Stimpson
1931Hyalina (Cystiscus) Grant, IV and Gale p. 630
1958Marginella (Cystiscus) Valentine
1993Cystiscus Wilson p. 141
2001Cystiscus Todd

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyCystiscidaeStimpson 1865
genusCystiscusStimpson 1865

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.

G. Cystiscus Stimpson 1865
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Invalid names: Marginella pacifica Dickerson 1917 [replaced]
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 08:20:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Holocene or 37.71000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Marginella pacifica (4900)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Marginella instabilata (40733)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) C. sp. (173685)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (79983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China C. japonica (96349 96354)