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Cantharus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

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

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCantharusRöding 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 (Cantharus) Röding 1798
Subg. Cantharus (Pollia) Sowerby 1843
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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
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Zeapollia brevis Tate 1888
Zeapollia purpuroides Johnston 1879
Cantharus andoi Matsubara et al. 2010
Cantharus arnoldi Rivers 1904
Cantharus ashleyi Carson 1925
Cantharus breaensis Carson 1925
Cantharus brongniartianus Orbigny 1850
Cantharus bucklandi d'Archiac 1850
Cantharus cowlitzensis Turner 1938
Cantharus elsmerensis Carson 1925
Cantharus erythrostoma Reeve 1849
Cantharus gilberti Moody 1916
Cantharus lugubris Adams 1852
Cantharus luliana Martin 1884
Cantharus martiniana Noetling 1901
Cantharus perrini Dickerson 1915
Cantharus polygona Lamarck 1803
Cantharus varicosus Tate 1888
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 Turonian to the top of the Holocene or 93.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.5 Ma

Collections (203 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Early/Lower Turonian105.3 - 89.3USA (California) C. occidentalis (215757)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (California) C. occidentalis (1799 1803 1804 1805 1806 1807 1808 1809 1810)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) C. occidentalis (185409)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Canada (Alberta) C. sp. (82654)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) C. lemniscatus (6659 6660 6661 32139 32141)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) C. sp. (7513)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Pollia sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium C. longulus (22931)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) Pollia lata (8083 8085)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Greenland Pollia sp. (22944 22945)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) C. elegantissimus (80495 85320 86179 90818) C. johnsoni (92352)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Eocantharus costellifer (27019)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) C. marylandicus (91859 101306) C. sp. A (91126)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) C. sequinensis (205455)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) C. marylandicus (91891)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) C. morrisii (3266 3267 3268) Pollia morrisi (3261)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) C. elegantissimus (80779 89873 89946)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Eocantharus londini (3259) Pollia morrisi (3262)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) C. ickei (179074 179075)