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Bathytoma cataphracta

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae

Taxonomy
Murex (Pleurotoma) cataphractus was named by Brocchi (1814) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent; Mediterranean, Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Dolichotoma cataphracta by Bellardi (1877); it was recombined as Genotia (Bathytoma) cataphracta by Rovereto (1900); it was recombined as Bathytoma cataphracta by Sacco (1904), Vredenburg (1925), Harris and Palmer (1947) and Baluk (2003).

Subspecies
B. gedrosiana
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. bartumi, B. hemileia, B. rhomboidea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1814Murex (Pleurotoma) cataphractus Brocchi p. 427 figs. pl. 8, fig. 16
1877Dolichotoma cataphracta Bellardi p. 230
1900Genotia (Bathytoma) cataphracta Rovereto p. 181
1904Bathytoma cataphracta Sacco p. 50
1925Bathytoma cataphracta Vredenburg p. 65
1947Bathytoma cataphracta Harris and Palmer p. 425
2003Bathytoma cataphracta Baluk p. 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBorsoniidae(Bellardi 1875)
genusBathytomaHarris and Burrows 1891
speciescataphracta(Brocchi 1814)

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.

†Bathytoma cataphracta Brocchi 1814
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Chattian to the top of the Tortonian or 28.10000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Hungary Bathytoma cataphracta (8338)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Bathytoma cataphracta (8211)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Bathytoma cataphracta (178108 178110)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Bathytoma cataphracta (178112)
Langhian - Serravallian15.97 - 11.62Netherlands Bathytoma cataphracta (186883 186884)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Epalxis cataphracta (78437)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Bathytoma cataphracta (98312)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark (Jutland) Bathytoma cataphracta (34521)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Bathytoma cataphracta (77133)