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Cerithium litteratum
Taxonomy
Murex litteratus was named by Born (1778) [DISTRIBUTION: Pleistocene-Recent; North Carolina-Caribbean.]. It is extant.
It was recombined as Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) litteratum by Vaughn (1921); it was recombined as Cerithium litteratum by Hendy et al. (2008).
It was recombined as Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) litteratum by Vaughn (1921); it was recombined as Cerithium litteratum 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
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1778 | Murex litteratus Born pp. 327-328 |
| 1921 | Cerithium (Vulgocerithium) litteratum Vaughn |
| 2008 | Cerithium litteratum Hendy et al. |
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Cerithium litteratum Born 1778
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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| Source: g = genus, c = class | |||||
| References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004 | |||||
Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Holocene or 5.33300 to 0.00000 Ma
Collections (18 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Early/Lower Pliocene | Venezuela (Sucre) | Cerithium litteratum (41552) | |
| Late/Upper Pliocene | Venezuela | Cerithium litteratum (131217) | |
| Early/Lower Pleistocene | Panama | Cerithium litteratum (80304) | |
| Pleistocene | Haiti | Cerithium litteratum (60880) | |
| Pleistocene | Cuba | Cerithium litteratum (66764 66775) | |
| Pleistocene | Dominican Republic | Cerithium litteratum (75422 75423) | |
| Middle Pleistocene (interglacial) | Bahamas | Cerithium litteratum (80676) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Bahamas | Cerithium litteratum (80680) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene | Cayman Islands | Cerithium litteratum (80835 80837 80853 80854) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Bahamas | Cerithium litteratum (80677) | |
| Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial) | Jamaica | Cerithium litteratum (80407 80408) | |
| Holocene | Bahamas (San Salvador) | Cerithium litteratum (173828) |