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Hemicerithium cossmanni

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Bittium cossmanni was named by Dall (1892). Its type specimen is USNM 113331, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Hemicerithium cossmanni by Hoerle (1972).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Bittium cossmanni Dall p. 273 figs. pl. 21, fig. 16
1972Hemicerithium cossmanni Hoerle p. 6

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
genusHemicerithiumCossmann 1893
speciescossmanni(Dall 1892)

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:11:54
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:54
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Hemicerithium cossmanni (89574 89575 89576 91536 92379 92457 92458 92459 92460 92461 92501 92502 92503 92504 92505 92513 92549 92550 92553 92554 92555 92556 92557 92558 92560 92561 92564)