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Cassis sulcifera

Gastropoda - Cassidae

Taxonomy
Cassis sulcifera was named by Sowerby (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene-Pliocene; Caribbean.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cassidea sulcifera by Cooke (1919).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. abbreviatus, C. mombasana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Cassis sulcifera Sowerby p. 47 figs. pl. 10, fig. 1
1917Cassis sulcifera Maury p. 110
1919Cassidea sulcifera Cooke p. 113
1922Cassis sulcifera Olsson p. 134
2010Cassis sulcifera Beu p. 221

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusCassisScopoli 1777
speciessulciferaSowerby 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.

†Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 1850
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:59:15
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Piacenzian or 33.90000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (85 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Cassis sulcifera (60831 60833 60835)
Early/Lower Oligocene - Middle Miocene33.9 - 11.608Haiti Cassis sulcifera (173459)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago Cassis sulcifera (93368)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Cassidea sulcifera (75313)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Venezuela (Falcon) Cassis sulcifera (136467 136469)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Cassis sulcifera (58816 58817 74912 74934 93686 94141 99854 131371 131513 131516 131517)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela Cassis sulcifera (96470 130976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cassis sulcifera (58867 58869)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Cassis sulcifera (75041 75042 84952 84960 84965 84974 84986 89540 89557 89559 89564 93601 93606 93652 93687 93716 93996 94000 94006 94099 94106 131374 131494 131497 131645 131655 131658 131659 131661 131664 131666)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cassis sulcifera (74911 74966 74967 75036 75037 75038 75039 75040 75043 89541 89542 90595)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cassis sulcifera (58815 58819 58820 58821 58822 58823)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cassis sulcifera (74961 74968 80084 80136 90620 93733 93737 93852 94102 131639 131640)
Zanclean - Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cassis sulcifera (93655)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Cassis sulcifera (134652)