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Cymbium

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Cymbium is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Volutidae by Oostingh (1935); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1935Cymbium Oostingh p. 95
2002Cymbium 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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCymbium

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.

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Cymbium diadema Lamarck 1811
Cymbium eocenicum Cox 1931
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 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Ypresian to the top of the Pliocene or 56.00000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 47.8 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan C. eocenicum (184052)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) C. sp. (3260)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco C. pepo (69860)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria C. pepo (70864 70887) C. sp. (70879)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Papua New Guinea C. olla (78263)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia C. diadema (84524)