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Cythara

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae

Taxonomy
Cythara was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Mangilia (Cythara) by Arnold (1903).

It was assigned to Mangilia by Arnold (1903); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Turridae by Baluk (2003); to Mangeliinae by Rosenberg (2005); and to Mangeliidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Species
C. caimitica, C. polygona
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. zothecula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Cythara Schumacher p. 245
1903Mangilia (Cythara) Arnold p. 211
2002Cythara Sepkoski
2003Cythara Baluk p. 31
2005Cythara Rosenberg
2011Cythara Bouchet et al. p. 281

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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)
familyMangeliidae(Fischer 1884)
genusCytharaSchumacher 1817

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. Cythara Schumacher 1817
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†Cythara caimitica Maury 1917
†Cythara polygona Gabb 1873
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: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 59.20000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) C. sp. (3113)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) C. labratula (178082)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy C. sp. (78617)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) C. anthera (41760 42290 42328)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy C. rugulosa, C. subcilindrata (178108)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy C. longa (178116)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia C. sawitrae (70081 70107)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) C. zothecula, C. sp. (42311)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic C. caimitica (58869)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. polygona (74966) C. polyona (74971)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Italy C. sp. (78335 78338)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. sp. A (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica C. sp. (58522)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama C. biconica (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) C. sp. a, C. sp. b (41501)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy C. albida (78312)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. sp. (97961)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) C. amplexa (110492)