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Cymatosyrinx

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae

Taxonomy
Cymatosyrinx was named by Dall (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Drillia (Cymatosyrinx) by Dall (1889); it was reranked as Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) by Stanton (1966).

It was assigned to Drillia by Dall (1889); to Pleurotomidae by Martin (1904); to Turrinae by DuBar (1958); to Clavus by Stanton (1966); to Turridae by Harris and Palmer (1947), Gardner (1948), Olsson (1967), Dockery (1977) and Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Clavinae by Petuch (1988); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Drilliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Cymatosyrinx Dall
1889Drillia (Cymatosyrinx) Dall p. 96
1904Cymatosyrinx Martin p. 158
1947Cymatosyrinx Harris and Palmer p. 441
1948Cymatosyrinx Gardner p. 268
1958Cymatosyrinx DuBar p. 186
1966Clavus (Cymatosyrinx) Stanton, Jr. p. 35
1967Cymatosyrinx Olsson p. 22
1977Cymatosyrinx Dockery p. 98
1987Cymatosyrinx Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
1988Cymatosyrinx Petuch p. 35
2002Cymatosyrinx Sepkoski
2011Cymatosyrinx Bouchet et al. p. 289

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyDrilliidae(Olsson 1964)
genusCymatosyrinxDall 1889

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. Cymatosyrinx Dall 1889
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†Cymatosyrinx aclinica Tucker and Wilson 1933
†Cymatosyrinx dorseyi Cooke 1926
†Cymatosyrinx limatula Conrad 1830
†Cymatosyrinx lunata Lea 1833
†Cymatosyrinx magnoliana Olsson 1916
†Cymatosyrinx mariana Petuch 1988
†Cymatosyrinx palmerae Harris and Palmer 1947
†Cymatosyrinx tiara Gardner 1948
†Cymatosyrinx ziczac Gardner 1948
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.30000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (38 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. dorseyi (1423)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. dorseyi (1418)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) C. dorseyi (90643) C. dorseyi, C. palmerae (164232)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. palmerae (6802)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. palmerae (98689 232637)
Early/Lower Miocene - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Drillia limatula (173047)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) C. limatula (18579)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) C. vaughanensis (111204)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) C. mariana (92325)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Clavus pallidus (97230)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) C. sp. (146875)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. sp. A, C. lunata (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) C. lunata (78261 78262)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) C. lunata (58895) C. ziczac, C. tiara (59307)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) C. aclinica (79761 79762 79765 79766 79959) C. lunata (59484 59485 59486 123549)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (North Carolina) C. lunata (71138)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) C. lunata (41539 41718) C. lunata, C. perpolita (41501) C. perplota, C. louisae, C. lunata (79331) C. sp. (69029)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) C. lunata (58897) C. sp. (80033)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. merriami (222995)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) C. sp. (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clavus halocydne (59063)