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Exechocirsus

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Exechocirsus was named by Cossmann (1906) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 1066].

It was reranked as Tympanotonos (Exechocirsus) by Kiel and Krüger (2006).

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Tympanotonos by Kiel and Krüger (2006); and to Potamididae by Gründel and Kollmann (2013).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Exechocirsus Cossmann
2002Exechocirsus Sepkoski
2006Tympanotonos (Exechocirsus) Kiel and Krüger p. 681
2013Exechocirsus Gründel and Kollmann p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusExechocirsusCossmann 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. †Exechocirsus Cossmann 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Middle Campanian or 130.00000 to 70.60000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) E. sp. (177726)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6United Kingdom (England) E. sp. (6280)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) Tympanotonos sp. (47109)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6Germany E. sp. (74485)
Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Austria E. reticosus (177758)
Middle Santonian85.8 - 83.5Germany Tympanotonos cingillatum (178204)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Exechocirsus indet., Tympanotonus cowickeensis (32140) Tympanotonus cowickeensis (6660 7456 7457 7458 32139 32141 32142)