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Cerithiopsis tubercularis

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy
Murex tubercularis was named by Montagu (1803). It is extant. It is the type species of Cerithiopsis.

It was recombined as Cerithium tuberculare by Wood (1848); it was recombined as Cerithiopsis tubercularis by Hoerle (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1803Murex tubercularis Montagu p. 270
1848Cerithium tuberculare Wood p. 70
1972Cerithiopsis tubercularis Hoerle p. 13

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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
genusCerithiopsisHanley 1849
speciestubercularis(Montagu 1803)

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: 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: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 20.44000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Cerithiopsis tubercularis (178108)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland Cerithiopsis tubercularis (70539)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Cerithiopsis tubercularis (73137 73138 73139)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Cerithium tuberculare (84755)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Belgium (Antwerp) Cerithiopsis tubercularis (179597)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) Cerithiopsis tubercularis (178117)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy Cerithiopsis tubercularis (178457)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Cerithiopsis tubercularis (127579 127580 127636)