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Cerithium atratum
Taxonomy
Murex atratus was named by Born (1778) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; Caribbean.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Cerithium atratum by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Cerithium atratum by Hendy et al. (2008).
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. abbassi, C. abictiforme, C. alternatum, C. angyostoma, C. armoricense, C. austriacum, C. binodulasum, C. boulei, C. bronni, C. calcivelatum, C. caloosaensis, C. dubium, C. georgianum, C. gonzagae, C. guinacium, C. heeri, C. hernandoensis, C. isidis, C. krauskopfi, C. leei, C. libycum, C. manzourensis, C. mazureki, C. mogharens, C. obsoletum, C. pachecoi, C. percostatum, C. periphractum, C. pirabicum, C. praecursor, C. roedereri, C. septemplicatum, C. simpsonense, C. struckmanii, C. vertagus, C. kobunense, C. cyprinum, C. kavasiense, C. koroniense, C. gilyandense
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1778 | Murex atratus Born pp. 329-330 |
| 1855 | Cerithium caudatum Sowerby |
| 1876 | Cerithium floridanum Mörch p. 114 |
| 1953 | Cerithium (Thericium) vicinia Olson and Harbison |
| 2007 | Cerithium floridanum Petuch and Roberts p. 183 |
| 2008 | Cerithium atratum Hendy et al. |
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Cerithium atratum Born 1778
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Invalid names: Cerithium (Thericium) vicinia Olson and Harbison 1953 [synonym], Cerithium caudatum Sowerby 1855 [synonym], Cerithium floridanum Mörch 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986 | |||||
Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 3.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (19 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
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| Pliocene - Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Cerithium vicinia (41749) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | USA (Florida) | Cerithium floridanum (59484) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Cerithium atratum (79786) Cerithium vicinia (79331) | |
| Pleistocene | Haiti | Cerithium caudatum (60883) Cerithium floridanum (60880 66811) | |
| Pleistocene | Cuba | Cerithium atratum, Cerithium floridanum (66775) Cerithium floridanum (66769) | |
| Calabrian | USA (Florida) | Cerithium vicinia (41705) | |
| Middle Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Cerithium atratum (80046) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | USA (Florida) | Cerithium atratum (96538) Cerithium floridanum (34269 79739) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Saudi Arabia | Cerithium atratum (192719 192720) | |
| Holocene | USA (Florida) | Cerithium atratum (97607 97609) | |
| Holocene | Spain | Cerithium atratum (128328) |