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Cerithiopsinae

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy
Cerithiopsinae was named by Adams and Adams (1853). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cerithiidae by Hoerle (1972); and to Cerithiopsidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Eocolina, Krachia, Zaclys

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cerithiopsinae Adams and Adams
1972Cerithiopsinae Hoerle p. 13
2005Cerithiopsinae Bouchet et al. p. 254

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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)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyCerithiopsidaeAdams and Adams 1853
subfamilyCerithiopsinaeAdams and Adams 1853
subfamilyCerithiopsinaeAdams and Adams 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.

Subfm. Cerithiopsinae Adams and Adams 1853
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G. †Eocolina Chavan 1952
G. †Krachia Baluk 1975
G. Zaclys Finlay 1927
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†Zaclys nuetzeli Lauridsen and Schnetler 2014
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 08:29:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Tortonian or 66.00000 to 7.24600 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Krachia sp., Zaclys selandica, Eocolina sp., Zaclys nuetzeli (176994)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Krachia pulcherimma (27018)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Eocolina difficilis (8124)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) Zaclys mucro, Zaclys simulator (84915)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand Zaclys aequicincta (67822 67896) Zaclys aequicincta, Zaclys n. sp. (67897)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark Krachia zelandica (98312)