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Cerithium (Cerithium)

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Cerithium (Cerithium) Bruguiére
1972Cerithium (Cerithium) Ladd p. 38
1977Cerithium (Cerithium) Ladd p. 16
1978Cerithium (Cerithium) Shuto p. 141

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyCerithiinaeFleming 1822
genusCerithiumBruguière 1789
subgenusCerithiumBruguiére 1789

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.

Subg. Cerithium (Cerithium) Bruguiére 1789
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Invalid names: Cerithium decollata Hedley 1899 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2009-03-16 10:26:20
Modified: 2009-05-20 06:49:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.97000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.608 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Cerithium teschi (70086)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands Cerithium nodulosum (43339)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Cerithium boettgeri, Cerithium niasensis, Cerithium schroderi (70122)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Cerithium nodulosum (42311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Cerithium novaehollandiae (63356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117French Polynesia Cerithium nodulosum (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia Cerithium nodulosum (107972)