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Cymia heimi

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Cymia heimi was named by Hertlein and Jordan (1927) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene; Baja California.]. Its type specimen is LSJU 66, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is LSJU Loc. 66, San Ignacio [Isidro Fm], which is in a Miocene marine sandstone in the Isidro Formation of Mexico.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. buchivacoana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1927Cymia heimi Hertlein and Jordan p. 627 figs. pl. 18, fig. 5
1987Cymia heimi Perrilliat p. 18

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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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCymiaMörch 1860
speciesheimi

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.

†Cymia heimi Hertlein and Jordan 1927
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available