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Ceratia

Gastropoda - Iravadiidae

Taxonomy
Ceratia was named by Adams and Adams (1850) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Rissoa (Ceratia) by Cerulli-Irelli (1914).

It was assigned to Rissoidae by White (1889); to Rissoa by Cerulli-Irelli (1914); to Iravadiidae by Marquet (1997), Wienrich (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. proxima
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. cylindrata, C. regiorivi, Cingula friedbergi, Cingula ligeriana, Cingula miocenica, Cingula striata
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Ceratia Adams and Adams
1889Ceratia White p. 451
1914Rissoa (Ceratia) Cerulli-Irelli p. 196
1997Ceratia Marquet p. 19
2001Ceratia Wienrich p. 410
2002Ceratia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyIravadiidaeThiele 1928
genusCeratiaAdams and Adams 1850

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. Ceratia Adams and Adams 1850
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Ceratia proxima Forbes and Hanley 1850
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2026-03-22 20:49:29
Modified: 2026-03-22 20:49:29
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Neubauer 2024

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Piacenzian or 83.60000 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 72.2 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) C. cylindrata (7456)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland C. sp. (22943)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (8124)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) C. regiorivi, C. proxima (62883)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Germany C. proxima (111599)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) C. regiorivi (61900) C. regiorivi, C. proxima (61898)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Belgium C. proxima (76982)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium C. proxima (76983)