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Hemicerithium akriton

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Taxonomy
Hemicerithium akriton was named by Hoerle (1972). Its type specimen is USNM 646950, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is TU 820b - Farley Creek, which is in a Burdigalian marine marl/sandstone in the Chipola Formation of Florida.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1972Hemicerithium akriton Hoerle pp. 6-7 figs. pl. 2, fig. 1

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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
speciesakriton

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.

Hemicerithium akriton Hoerle 1972
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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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Burdigalian or 20.44000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Hemicerithium akriton (89575 89576 91536 92460 92461 92549 type locality: 92550 92551 92558)