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Cystiscidae

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Cystiscidae Stimpson
2001Cystiscidae Todd
2005Cystiscidae Bouchet et al.
2010Cysticidae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 82

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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
familyCystiscidaeStimpson 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.

Fm. Cystiscidae Stimpson 1865
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G. Cystiscus Stimpson 1865
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Invalid names: Marginella pacifica Dickerson 1917 [replaced]
G. Gibberula Swainson 1840
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Gibberula aquitanensis Lozouet 1998
Gibberula oryza Lamarck 1822
Gibberula polita Carpenter 1857
Gibberula subtrigona Carpenter 1864 [triangular marginella]
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Invalid names: Marginella (Cystiscus) regularis Carpenter 1864 [synonym], Marginella oldroydae Jordan 1926 [synonym]
G. Gibberulina Monterosato 1884
G. Granulina Jousseaume 1888
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Granulina margaritula Carpenter 1857 [pear marginella]
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Invalid names: Cypraeolina pyriformis Carpenter 1864 [synonym]
Granulina nitrina Mansfield 1925
Granulina ovuliformis d'Orbigny 1842
Granulina pycna Woodring 1928
Subfm. Persiculinae Coovert and Coovert 1995
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G. Persicula Schumacher 1817
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Persicula amplior Roth 1973
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Invalid names: Marginella (Persicula) majuscula Gardner 1947 [replaced]
Persicula cercadensis Maury 1917
Persicula cordorae de Jong and Coomans 1998
Persicula dockeryi Petuch 1997
Persicula falconensis Hodson 1927
Persicula hodsoni Weisbord 1962
Persicula interruptalineata Megerle von Mühlfeld 1818
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Invalid names: Marginella interrupta Lamarck 1822 [synonym], Persicula (Rabicea) hodsoni Weisbord 1962 [synonym]
Persicula lavelana Hodson 1927
Persicula maracaibensis Hodson 1927
Persicula mirandana Hodson 1927
Persicula obsesa Redfield 1848
Persicula ovula Conrad 1848
Persicula persicula Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Persicula variabilis Schumacher 1817 [synonym]
Persicula propeobesa Mansfield 1925
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Invalid names: Marginella couviana Maury 1925 [synonym]
Persicula reussi Martin 1879
Persicula suwanneensis Petuch 1997
Persicula venezuelana Hodson et al. 1927
Persicula zuliana Hodson 1927
Invalid names: Rabicea Gray 1827 [synonym]
Subfm. Plesiocystiscinae Coovert and Coovert 1995
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G. Plesiocystiscus Coovert and Coovert 1995
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Plesiocystiscus jewetti Carpenter 1857
Plesiocystiscus politulus Dall 1919 [polite marginella]
Invalid names: Marginella jewettii nanella Oldroyd 1925 [invalid subgroup]
G. Pugnus Hedley 1896
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Pugnus lachrimula Gould 1862
Invalid names: Cystiscinae Stimpson 1865 [empty], Granulininae Coovert and Coovert 1995 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Browsing carnivores according to Todd (2001).f
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (203 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Belgium Gibberula sp. (22931)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France Gibberula acutispira, Persicula angystoma (171532)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Yvelines) Gibberula ovulata (177970 177971 177972 177975)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan Persicula sp. A (183862)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) Persicula sp. (52205 52206)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France Gibberula ovulata, Gibberula pusilla, Gibberula vittata, Gibberula acutispira (78567)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Marginella pacifica (4900)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama Gibberula semen (82153)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Washington) Marginella instabilata (40733)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy Gibberula ovulata (78565)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3France (Essonne) Gibberula stampinensis (9182 9183)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Florida) Persicula macneili, Persicula suwanneensis, Persicula dockeryi (80184)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.63Haiti Marginella cercadensis (173459)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France (Aquitaine) Gibberula aquitanensis (74865)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Gibberula sp., Gibberula subovulata (74861)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Gibberulina philippi (178110) Gibberulina philippi, Persicula sabatica (178108)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) Marginella calhounensis, Marginella chondra (42290 42328 42367) Marginella calhounensis, Marginella sp., Marginella chondra (42443) Marginella chondra (41760 42250 42366) Marginella dryados (42642 42657 42663) Marginella majuscula, Marginella dryados (42482 42605)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Falcon) Persicula venezuelana (60144 60708)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Venezuela (Zulia) Marginella venezuelana, Marginella mirandana, Marginella maracaibensis, Marginella zuliana (60627)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Colombia (La Guajira) Persicula venezuelana (136881 157336 161622)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Georgia) Marginella progravida (42212)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Persicula venezuelana (136885 136907 157830 157858 160965 160966 160967 160968 160970)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Persicula sabatica (178112 178116)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Trinidad and Tobago Marginella nitrina (74920) Marginella trinitatensis (74921)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Gibberulina menkrawitensis, Gibberulina sp. 1 (70081)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Austria Gibberulina philippi (74650 74651 74654 74656)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Gibberula waltoniana (136943) Granulina defuniak, Gibberula waltoniana (111204) Marginella waltoniana (42692 42870)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Venezuela Persicula couviana, Persicula cercadensis (130981)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Darien) Persicula sp. (131199 136104 136993)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama Persicula couviana (52174 93145)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Dominican Republic Persicula cercadensis (58817)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Türkiye Gibberulina philippi (179776)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Persicula sp. (79783 79785 79792 79985 79996 79997)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Cystiscus sp. (173685)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia Gibberulina menkrawitensis (70078) Marginella reussi, Persicula reussi (70098)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago Marginella lachrimula (74956) Marginella propeobesa (74955) Persicula couviana (60408 60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Dominican Republic Marginella cercadensis (58875)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Persicula sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) Persicula sp. (135816 135821 135828)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) Persicula sp. (135944)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Esmeraldas) Persicula sp. (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Gibberula miliaria (122994)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Persicula interruptolineata (60412 60413 60414 60415 60417)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Persicula interruptelinata, Persicula hodsoni (41554) Persicula interruptelinata, Persicula hodsoni, Persicula venezuelana (41541 41543) Persicula interruptelinata, Persicula venezuelana, Persicula hodsoni (41545) Persicula lavalleeana, Persicula interruptelinata (41551)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela Persicula lavelana (96486)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Indonesia Persicula cuneata (70105)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Ecuador Persicula imbricata, Persicula phrygia, Persicula sp., Granulina margaritida (96596)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58India Gibberula cuneata, Gibberula glandina, Gibberula tectiformis (77658)
Zanclean - Piacenzian5.333 - 2.58Portugal Persicula sp. (171579)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Cypraeolina ovuliformis (59484)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Gibberula lavalleeana, Persicula porcellana, Persicula sp., Granulina sp., Persicula interruptolineata (131210) Persicula lavelana (111010 111011) Persicula porcellana, Persicula interruptolineata (131237) Persicula porcellana, Persicula sp. (131218) Persicula porcellana, Persicula sp., Persicula interruptolineata (131217) Persicula sp., Persicula lavelana (79710) Persicula sp., Persicula porcellana (131363)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) Persicula glandula (134767 134768 134769)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Cypraeolina pycna (58522) Granulina pycna (69090 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Cypraeolina lachrimula (59307) Granulina ovuliformis (58895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Granulina ovuliformis (78265 78266 78269)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Persicula sp. (79796 79798)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Granulina occulta (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Cystiscus sp. (79983) Granulina sp. (135876) Persicula sp. (61336 79794 79988 79999) Persicula sp., Granulina sp. (79989 135885)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Granulina ovuliformis (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Costa Rica Marginella margaritula (66778)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy Gibberula philippi, Gibberulina clandestina, Gibberulina occulta (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Venezuela (Sucre) Persicula interuptelinata, Persicula venezuelana, Persicula hodsoni (41556)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama (Bocas) Persicula sp. (79871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Granulina ovuliformis (58897)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Gibberulina ovuliformis, Persicula ovula (41501) Persicula floridana, Persicula ovula, Cypraeolina lachrimula (79331) Persicula ovula (41497 80358)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Granulina margaritula (202495 202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Cypraeolina pyriformis, Cystiscus regularis (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cypraeolina pyriformis (96592) Cypraeolina pyriformis, Cystiscus jewetti, Cystiscus regularis (96590) Cypraeolina pyriformis, Cystiscus subtrigona, Cystiscus regularis (96593)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Venezuela Persicula interruptolineata (131267 131268)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) Cypraeolina pyriformis, Hyalina jewettii, Hyalina subtrigona (201624) Marginella regularis (237610)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Gibberulina pyriformis (37933 37936 37940 37947 37948)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774USA (Florida) Gibberulina ovuliformis (41705)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Granulina sp. (79842) Persicula sp., Granulina sp. (79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Cypraeolina pyriformis (202633 203108) Cypraeolina pyriformis, Cystiscus jewetti (223329) Cypraeolina pyriformis, Cystiscus jewetti, Cystiscus regularis (203114) Cypraeolina pyriformis, Cystiscus regularis (203095 223525) Granulina margaritula, Granulina subtrigona (202493 202494) Marginella jewettii (222663 222664) Marginella jewettii, Cypraeolina margaritula, Marginella subtrigona (138723) Marginella jewettii, Marginella pyriformis, Marginella regularis (203113)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Marginella jewettii (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cystiscus regularis (160361 222972) Cystiscus subtrigona (96566) Granulina margaritula (96901) Granulina subtrigona (202490) Hyalina jewettii (240593 240594) Hyalina pyriformis (59063) Marginella jewettii (202936 222659 222660 222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Marginella monilis (96791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Gibberula miliaria, Gibberula sp. (76579)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Granulina ovuliformis (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Cypraeolina pyriformis (52347)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Cypraeolina pyriformis, Cystiscus jewetti, Cystiscus subtrigona (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador Cypraeolina margaritula (96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal Gibberula sp. (122244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Granulina ovuliformis (57702)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela Granulina ovuliformis (131223)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mayotte Gibberula sp. (209860)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Cystiscus japonica (96349 96354)