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Cymia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Cymia was named by Mörch (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 547]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Thais (Cymia) by Oostingh (1935) and Ladd (1977).

It was assigned to Thaisidae by Olsson (1931); to Thais by Oostingh (1935) and Ladd (1977); to Thaididae by Woodring (1959) and Perrilliat (1987); to Muricidae by Todd (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Cymia Mörch
1931Cymia Olsson p. 105
1935Thais (Cymia) Oostingh p. 65
1959Cymia Woodring p. 223
1977Thais (Cymia) Ladd p. 41
1987Cymia Perrilliat p. 17
2001Cymia Todd
2002Cymia 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
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCymiaMörch 1860

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. Cymia Mörch 1860
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Subg. Cymia (Cymia) Mörch 1860
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†Cymia (Cymia) cheloma Woodring 1959
†Cymia (Cymia) henekeni Maury 1917
†Cymia berryi Olsson 1931
†Cymia cocoditana Hodson 1931
†Cymia heimi Hertlein and Jordan 1927
†Cymia michaocanensis Perrilliat 1987
†Cymia sacellum Chemntiz 1788
†Cymia sacellum burrowsi Newton 1905
†Cymia sekii Mizuno 1954
†Cymia woodii Gabb 1860
Thais (Cymia) costata Blainville 1832
Thais (Cymia) javanica Philippi 1848
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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, 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 Early/Lower Pliocene or 41.30000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 38.0 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Panama (Colon) C. sp. (49497)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Japan C. sekii (70906)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) C. berryi (55433)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) C. subalveata (5999 177590)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Greece C. hellenica (172003)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands Thais carinifera (77942)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Mexico (Baja California Sur) C. heimi (43814 96570)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Trinidad and Tobago C. woodii (80168)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) C. cocoditana (136881 136883 136886 156700 156796 156797 156832 158101 161891 161894)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) C. buchivacoana, C. cocoditana (60144)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Dominican Republic C. henekeni (74962 93774 94143 131503 131524 131526)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) C. woodii (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) C. cocoditana (136878 136879 136884 156608 157830 157848 157858 158029 158097 160966 160967 160968)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic C. henekeni (93680 131477 131500 131501 131504 131505 131506)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Mexico (Michoacan) C. michoacanensis (66162) C. sp. (66165)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Haiti C. henekeni (92454)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela C. sp. (130981)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama C. cheloma (52169 52170) C. sp. (145524)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) C. buchivacoanus (92704 131199)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic C. sp. (74912)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia C. buchivacoana (131220) C. hasletti (131219)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Thais costata (42289)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Pakistan C. sacellum (77138)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago C. brightoniana (60409 60410 60644 60649 60653 60655)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan C. carinifera (77293)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India C. sacellum (77658)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Thais carinifera (84529) Thais carinifera, Thais costata, Thais javanica (84520 84533) Thais costata, Thais preangerensis (84543) Thais javanica (84519)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Malaysia Thais carinifera (72092 72094 72096)