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Cymatosyrinx lunata

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotoma lunata was named by Lea (1833) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Virginia.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Cymatosyrinx lunata by Dall (1889), Tucker and Wilson (1933), DuBar (1958), Olsson (1967).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. louisae, C. merriami, C. perplota, C. vaughanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Pleurotoma lunata Lea
1889Cymatosyrinx lunata Dall p. 95
1933Cymatosyrinx lunata Tucker and Wilson p. 75
1958Cymatosyrinx lunata DuBar p. 186
1967Cymatosyrinx lunata Olsson pp. 22-23

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusCymatosyrinxDall 1889
specieslunata(Lea 1833)

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.

†Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Gelasian or 3.60000 to 1.80000 Ma

Collections (13 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Cymatosyrinx lunata (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Cymatosyrinx lunata (58895)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Cymatosyrinx lunata (78261 78262)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Cymatosyrinx lunata (59484 59485 123549)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (North Carolina) Cymatosyrinx lunata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (Florida) Cymatosyrinx lunata (41501 41539 41718 79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Cymatosyrinx lunata (58897)