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Cymatium (Gutturnium)

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Gutturnium was named by Mörch (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Triton (Gutturnium) by de Gregorio (1880); it was reranked as Lampusia (Gutturnium) by Cossmann and Pissarro (1900); it was reranked as Cymatium (Gutturnium) by Beu (2005).

It was assigned to Triton by de Gregorio (1880); to Lampusia by Cossmann and Pissarro (1900); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cymatium by Beu (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Gutturnium Mörch
1880Triton (Gutturnium) de Gregorio
1900Lampusia (Gutturnium) Cossmann and Pissarro
2002Gutturnium Sepkoski
2005Cymatium (Gutturnium) Beu p. 74

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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
genusCymatiumRöding 1798
subgenusGutturnium(Mörch 1853)

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.

Subg. Cymatium (Gutturnium) Mörch 1853
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Gutturnium muricinum Röding 1798
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Invalid names: Triton tuberosum Lamarck 1822 [synonym], Tritonium nodulus Link 1807 [synonym]
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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.62000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 7.246 Ma

Collections (10 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Cymiatium heptagonum (178120)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Cymatium sp. (75039)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Gutturnium sp. (80084 80136)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Cymatium muricinum (131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Cymatium sp. (58522)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Cymatium heptagonuin (178457)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cymatium muricinum (89309)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica Cymatium muricinum (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Gutturnium muricinum (194003)