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Sigaretus perrini

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Sigaretus perrini was named by Arnold (1907) [m. kosnik taxon no: 10147]. Its type specimen is USNM 164979, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Head of Topanga Canyon (Arnold 1907), which is in a Miocene coastal siliciclastic in the Topanga Canyon Formation of California.

It was recombined as Sinum perrini by Marincovich (1977).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Sigaretus perrini Arnold p. 532 figs. Plate XLI, fig. 5
1977Sinum perrini Marincovich p. 358

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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)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilySininaeWoodring 1928
genusSigaretusRöding 1798
speciesperrini

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.

Sigaretus perrini Arnold 1907
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2018-03-04 15:44:21
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:13:52
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Middle Miocene or 15.98000 to 11.63000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Sigaretus perrini (type locality: 237493)