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Cantharus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy

Cantharus was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Tritonidea (Cantharus) by Vredenburg (1923).

It was assigned to Tritonidea by Vredenburg (1923); to Neptuneidae by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); to Nassariinae by Wilson (1994); to Pisaniinae by Vermeij (2001); to Buccinidae by Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Marks (1951), MacNeil (1960), Sohl (1964), Ladd (1977), Beu et al. (1990), Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. amycus, C. elegans, C. minutulus, C. scissus, C. scrupeus, C. ventricosus

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1798	Cantharus Röding
1923	Tritonidea (Cantharus) Vredenburg p. 72
1931	Cantharus Grant, IV and Gale p. 646
1935	Cantharus Oostingh p. 81
1938	Cantharus Turner p. 79
1939	Cantharus Mukerjee p. 55
1951	Cantharus Marks p. 387
1960	Cantharus MacNeil p. 77
1964	Cantharus Sohl p. 373
1977	Cantharus Ladd p. 51
1990	Cantharus Beu et al. p. 412
1994	Cantharus Wilson p. 89
2001	Cantharus Todd
2001	Cantharus Vermeij p. 296
2002	Cantharus Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Cantharus	Röding 1798

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. Cantharus Röding 1798

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Subg. †Cantharus (Calicantharus) Clark 1938

†Calicantharus branneri Clark and Arnold 1923

†Calicantharus dalli Clark 1918

Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866

Invalid names: Calicantharus angulatus Arnold 1907 [synonym]

†Calicantharus humerosus Gabb 1869

Invalid names: Cantharus ashleyi Carson 1925 [synonym], Cantharus breaensis Carson 1925 [synonym], Cantharus elsmerensis Carson 1925 [synonym], Chrysodomus arnoldi Rivers 1904 [synonym]

†Calicantharus kernensis Anderson and Martin 1914

†Calicantharus kettlemanensis Arnold 1909

†Cantharus (Calicantharus) californicus Clark 1938

Subg. Cantharus (Cantharus) Röding 1798

Subg. †Cantharus (Endopachychilus) Cossman 1889

†Cantharus (Endopachychilus) suturalis Clark 1938

†Endopachychilus blakianus Anderson and Hanna 1925

Subg. †Cantharus (Eocantharus) Clark 1938

†Cantharus (Eocantharus) colombiana Clark and Durham 1946

†Cantharus (Eocantharus) cowlitzensis Clark 1938

†Cantharus (Eocantharus) morrisii Edwards 1866

Subg. Cantharus (Pollia) Sowerby 1843

Cantharus (Pollia) fumosus Dillwyn 1817

†Pollia dickersoni Durham 1944

†Pollia huitra Olsson 1931

†Pollia purpuroides Olsson 1930

†Pollia sillapaytensis Olsson 1930

†Pollia suarezi Meunier and Gayet 1996

Subg. †Cantharus (Zeapollia) Finlay 1926

†Zeapollia brevis Tate 1888

†Zeapollia purpuroides Johnston 1879

†Cantharus andoi Matsubara et al. 2010

†Cantharus brongniartianus Orbigny 1850

†Cantharus bucklandi d'Archiac 1850

†Cantharus cowlitzensis Turner 1938

†Cantharus erythrostoma Reeve 1849

Cantharus lugubris Adams 1852 [ribbed cantharus]

†Cantharus luliana Martin 1884

†Cantharus martiniana Noetling 1901

†Cantharus occidentalis Gabb 1869

†Cantharus perrini Dickerson 1915

†Cantharus polygona Lamarck 1803

Cantharus sanguinolentus Duclos 1833

Cantharus tranquebaricus Gmelin 1791

†Cantharus varicosus Tate 1888

Cantharus variegatus Gray 1839

†Tritonidea (Cantharus) speciosa Vredenburg 1923

†Tritonidea martiniana arakanensis Vredenburg 1923

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 08:10:04

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:10:04

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Holocene or 100.50000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (315 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian	106.3 - 93.9	USA (California)	C. occidentalis (1804)
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Turonian	106.3 - 89.8	USA (California)	C. occidentalis (215757)
Early/Lower Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (California)	C. occidentalis (1799 1803 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	USA (California)	C. occidentalis (185409)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Canada (Alberta)	C. sp. (82654)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Mississippi)	C. lemniscatus (6659 6660 6661 32139 32141)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (Texas)	C. sp. (7513)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Belgium	C. longulus (22931)
Danian	66.0 - 61.66	Greenland	Pollia sp. (22943)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene	66.0 - 59.24	United Kingdom (England)	Pollia lata (8083 8085)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Greenland	Pollia sp. (22944 22945)
Late/Upper Paleocene	59.24 - 56.0	USA (Maryland)	C. marylandicus (91891)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Poland	Eocantharus costellifer (27019)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (Virginia)	C. marylandicus (91859 101306) C. sp. A (91126)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (Texas)	C. sequinensis (205455)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	C. elegantissimus (80495 85320 86179 90818) C. johnsoni (92352)
Early/Lower Eocene	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	Eocantharus londini (3259) Pollia morrisi (3262)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (Alabama)	C. elegantissimus (80779 89873 89946)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	United Kingdom (England)	C. morrisii (3266 3267 3268) Pollia morrisi (3261)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene	56.0 - 37.71	United Kingdom (England)	C. sp. (3257)