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Cimolithium

Gastropoda - Procerithiidae

Taxonomy
Cimolithium was named by Cossmann (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: K Barr K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was assigned to Metacerithiinae by Wenz (1938), Allison (1955); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. belgicum, C. eleanorae, C. miyakoense
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. tenoukiense, C. tenouklense

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Cimolithium Cossmann
1938Cimolithium Wenz
1955Cimolithium Allison p. 418
2002Cimolithium Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Cerithiimorpha(Golikov and Starobogatov 1975)
familyProcerithiidaeCossmann 1905
subfamilyMetacerithiinaeCossmann 1906
genusCimolithiumCossmann 1906

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. †Cimolithium Cossmann 1906
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†Cimolithium belgicum d'Archiac 1846
†Cimolithium eleanorae Allison 1955
†Cimolithium miyakoense Nagao 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubo
Life habit: epifaunalsubo
Diet: grazersubo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:18:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:18:02
Source: subo = suborder, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Turonian or 119.57000 to 89.80000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) C. miyakoense, C. eleanorae (1878 1881)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan C. miyakoense (91285 91286 91287 91310)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Japan C. miyakoense (91252)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Egypt C. tenouklense (140606 140608)
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian106.3 - 93.9Egypt C. tenouklense (150677 150737)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Spain C. tenouklense (175374 175376)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) C. belgicum (94265)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Batna) C. tenouklense (234823 234827 234831 234835)
Early/Lower Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt C. tenouklense (140613)
Early/Lower Cenomanian - Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt C. tenouklense (114785)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Libya C. tenoukiense (208628)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Batna) C. tenouklense (234825 234829 234833 234838)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt C. tenouklense (114798)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Egypt C. tenouklense (140231)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Algeria (Batna) C. tenouklense (234824 234828 234832)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt C. tenouklense (114799 140243)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Spain C. tenouklense (175375)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8Egypt C. tenouklense (184738)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8France C. sp. (3728)