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Eucithara

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Eucithara was named by Fischer (1883) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9875]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Turridae by Ladd (1982), Jensen (1996); and to Mangeliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Eucithara Fischer
1982Eucithara Ladd p. 68
1996Eucithara Jensen p. 33
2011Eucithara Bouchet et al. p. 281

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusEucitharaFischer 1883

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. Eucithara Fischer 1883
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Eucithara celebensis Hinds 1843
Eucithara lyra Reeve 1846
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Australia (Victoria) E. glabra (179602)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) E. sp. (173685)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Palau E. sawitrae (77930)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands E. marshallensis (77984 77985 78022)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Vanuatu E. stromboides (78049)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Fiji E. vittata (94832)