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Cerithium totiumsanctorum

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Cerithium totiumsanctorum White p. 361 figs. Plate V, Figs. 12 and 13
1993Cerithium totiumsanctorum Elder and Saul figs. Pl 2, fig 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyCerithiinaeFleming 1822
genusCerithiumBruguière 1789
speciestotiumsanctorum

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
ReferenceDiagnosis
C. A. White 1885Shell small, slender; sides of the spire straight or slightly concave;
volutions eleven or twelve in number, not convex; each volution marked by four tuberculated revolving ridges, the anterior one being usually a little more prominent than the other three; at irregular and somewhat wide intervals upon the volutions there are moderately prominent lon­ gitudinal folds which are sometimes arranged approximately in rows along the spire, but they are as often scattered; suture impressed, its presence being indicated by a space between the revolving ridges which is a little wider than the other spaces anterior side of the last volu­ tion marked by small revolving ridges, but they are crenulated and not tuberculate like those upon the sides of the spire; beak moderately small ; canal narrow.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2009-03-16 10:26:20
Modified: 2009-05-20 06:49:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Abbott and Dance 1986

Age range: base of the Middle Campanian to the top of the Campanian or 83.50000 to 72.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (California) Cerithium totiumsanctorum (215345)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) Cerithium totiumsanctorum (144763)