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Charonia (triton)

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Tritonium Röding
1810Triton Montfort
1848Charonia Gistel
1877Buccinatorium Mörch p. 26
1880Triton (Semiranella) de Gregorio p. 99
1904Eutritonium Cossmann p. 123
1904Tritonium Martin p. 224
1967Charonia Abbass p. 85
1973Charonia Marasti p. 90
1982Charonia Ladd p. 41
1993Charonia Wilson p. 243
1998Charonia Lozouet p. 94
2001Charonia Todd
2001Charonia Wienrich p. 438
2002Charonia Sepkoski
2005Charonia Beu p. 71

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
genusCharoniaGistel 1848

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. Charonia Gistel 1848 [triton]
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Subg. Charonia (Charonia) Gistel 1848
Charonia guichemerri Lozouet 1998
Charonia lampas Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Charonia rubicunda Perry 1811 [synonym], Murex gyrinoides Brocchi 1814 [synonym], Nyctilochus alfredensis Bartsch 1915 [synonym], Septa englishi Newton 1905 [synonym]
Charonia multinodosa Traub 1979
Charonia sauliae Reeve 1844
Charonia tritonis Linnaeus 1758
Charonia variegata Lamarck 1816
Charonia weisbordi Gibson-Smith 1976
Invalid names: Buccinatorium Mörch 1877 [synonym], Eutritonium Cossmann 1904 [synonym], Semiranella de Gregorio 1880 [synonym], Triton Montfort 1810 [synonym], Tritonium Röding 1798 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Environment: marineg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2006-11-12 08:19:29
Modified: 2006-11-12 10:19:29
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 130.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (91 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Triton urgonense (177726)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France Triton urgonense (2178)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Charonia kanabense (53401)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Charonia soozi (55889)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Charonia soozi (53504)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Tritonium univaricosum (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Charonia univaricosum (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Charonia univaricosum (205445)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Charonia multicostata (27818 27819 27822)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Eutritonium sp. (4193 4197 4207)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt Triton tuberculosum (86950)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Tritonium sp. (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) Tritonium fenestratum (87001)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Triton showalteri (35081)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Egypt Triton sp., Triton chalmasi, Triton farafrense (87000)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) Tritonium buwaldi (190798) Tritonium impressum, Tritonium eocenicum (190773) Tritonium martinezensis (190778 190779 190786) Tritonium pulchrum (190775)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Charonia multinodosa (84335)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Poland Charonia antiqua (3112)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (California) Neptunea pulchra (52612 52613)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Pakistan Eutritonium permutabile (77287)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Indonesia Charonia billegondae (79524)
Middle Eocene48.6 - 37.2Mexico (Baja California Sur) Tritonium sp. (43753)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt Charonia yehiai (2955)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Eutritonium scabriusculum (3494)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Charonia triamans, Charonia rossii (78565)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Triton mississippiensis, Triton crassidens, Triton abbreviatus (84137)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark (Jylland) Charonia flandrica (9170)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France (Aquitaine) Charonia guichemerri (74865)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Charonia ventricosa (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Dominican Republic Charonia lampas (92450)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Charonia davidsoni (78641)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Charonia ventricosa (74868)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Bursa centrosa (55396) Tritonium centrosum (57782)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy Charonia lampas (191624)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) Charonia nodifera (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Belgium Charonia tarbelliana (95167)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Turkey Charonia stefaninii (179778)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Charonia nodifera (78437)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic Charonia variegata (94093)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Charonia armata (63431 63432 63433 63434 63436 63438 63442 63443)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan Charonia sauliae (52117 52124) Charonia sp. (89171)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Charonia fennemai (42289)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic Charonia variegata (84965 89564 131659)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Japan Charonia sauliae (161785)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Charonia lampas, Charonia variegata (75036) Charonia variegata (75038)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Charonia sp. (41541)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Triton heptagonum (84763)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Charonia variegata (74968 80084 80136)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Vanuatu Tritonium chlorostomus (77904)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica Charonia variegata (92575 92697 96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Charonia lampas (131210 131217)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Spain Charonia lampas (80562)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806United Kingdom (England) Triton connectens (84757)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica Charonia variegata (91911)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Charonia tritonis (78046)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa Charonia pustulata (122940)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Portugal Charonia lampas (122244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Spain (Canary Islands) Charonia nodifera (92710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Charonia triton (89289)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Djibouti Tritonium beccari, Tritonium maculosus, Tritonium obscurus (96787)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Spain Charonia nodifera (127358)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Portugal (Azores) Charonia lampas (128470)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Turks and Caicos Islands Charonia variegata (209855)