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Aturia cubaensis

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus cubaensis was named by Lea (1841) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene; Caribbean.]. Its type specimen is ANSP 16123, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is White Limestone of Matanzas, which is in a Langhian open shallow subtidal limestone in the Güines Formation of Cuba.

It was recombined as Aturia cubaensis by Miller (1947), Miller and Downs (1950), Miller and Furnish (1956), Jung (1966), Bossio (1972), Beu (1973), Woodring (1982), Ehiro et al. (2001), Tomida et al. (2002), Nielsen et al. (2009) and Laurito and Mora (2018).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Nautilus cubaensis Lea p. 259 figs. Pl 10, fig 15
1876Aturia ziczac australis McCoy p. 21 figs. Pl 24, figs 1-5
1897Nautilus maldonadi Philippi p. 365 figs. Pl 1,2
1902Nautilus caroliameghinoi Ihering p. 134 figs. Pl 19, figs 1,2
1915Aturia australis Chapman p. 351 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1921Aturia australis Chapman p. 12
1921Aturia (Sphenaturia) felschi Ihering
1921Aturia bruggeni Ihering p. 76
1922Aturia (Sphenaturia) brueggeni Ihering p. 472 fig. 2,5
1937Aturia curvilineata Miller and Thompson p. 69 figs. pl. 9, figs 1-4
1944Aturia australis Teichert p. 73 figs. Pl 14, figs 1-4; text-fig 3
1945Aturia grangei Fleming p. 411 figs. Pl 60, figs 1-3; text-figs 1b,c,d
1947Aturia brueggeni Miller p. 90 figs. Pl 74, fig 5; text-fig 24
1947Aturia caroliameghinoi Miller p. 91 figs. pl.74, figs. 8,0
1947Aturia cubaensis Miller p. 92 figs. pl. 83, figs. 4-6
1950Aturia cubaensis Miller and Downs p. 11 figs. Pl 9, figs 3,4
1950Aturia curvilineata Miller and Downs p. 12 figs. Pl 10, figs 4-7
1954Aturia minoensis Kobayashi p. 36 figs. Pl 5, figs a-d; text-fig 1
1955Aturia australis Glaessner p. 358 figs. Pl 25, figs 1a,b, 2
1955Aturia minoensis Kobayashi and Masatani p. 1 figs. Pl 1, figs a-d
1955Aturia brueggeni Miller and Furnish p. 467 figs. Pl 51, figs 4-9
1956Aturia cubaensis Miller and Furnish p. 1154
1960Aturia minoensis Kobayashi p. 122 figs. Pl 12, fig 1
1966Aturia cubaensis Jung p. 489 figs. Pl 1, figs 2-7; pl 2, figs 2-6
1968Aturia grangei Beu p. 162 fig. 1,2
1972Aturia cubaensis Bossio p. 90 figs. Pl, figs 1,2,4,6
1973Aturia cubaensis Beu p. 298 figs. Pl 32, figs 1-7
1982Aturia curvilineata Woodring p. 725
1982Aturia cubaensis Woodring p. 726
1987Aturia minoensis Tsuru p. 96 fig. 3
1999Aturia caroliameghinoi Casadío et al. p. 197 figs. 3F, 6C, 6D
2001Aturia cubaensis Ehiro et al. p. 56 fig. 2
2002Aturia cubaensis Tomida et al. p. 152 figs. 2.1-2.3, 3
2009Aturia cubaensis Nielsen et al. p. 76 fig. 3,4
2018Aturia cubaensis Laurito and Mora p. 172 fig. 2,3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautiloideaAgassiz 1847
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyAturiidaeChapman 1857
genusAturiaBronn 1838
speciescubaensis()

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.

Aturia cubaensis Lea 1841
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Invalid names: Aturia (Sphenaturia) brueggeni Ihering 1922 [synonym], Aturia (Sphenaturia) felschi Ihering 1921 [synonym], Aturia australis McCoy 1876 [synonym], Aturia curvilineata Miller and Thompson 1937 [synonym], Aturia grangei Fleming 1945 [synonym], Aturia minoensis Kobayashi 1954 [synonym], Nautilus caroliameghinoi Ihering 1902 [synonym], Nautilus maldonadi Philippi 1897 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height925.19.0755.033.014.9
shell diameter942.114.992.054.025.1
shell inflation90.0750.0014.501.501.60

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2003, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Kapitean or 47.80000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (64 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Chile Aturia cubaensis (179971)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Chile (Tierra del Fuego) Aturia brueggeni (166237)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (South Australia) Aturia australis (50070 50363)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) Aturia australis (176279)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44Australia (South Australia) Nautilus ziczac (179942)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Australia (Tasmania) Aturia australis (28307)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Cuba Aturia cubaensis (81524)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Aturia cubaensis (165932)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand Aturia cubaensis (77489)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Aturia cubaensis (197291 197398 197399 197400)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) Aturia curvilineata (180411) Aturia sp. (180412)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile Aturia cubaensis (179972 179973 179974 179975 179976) Aturia sp. (78521 78525)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Japan Aturia minoensis (179849 179850 179852)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcón) Aturia curvilineata (96434)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Chile (Bio-Bio) Aturia cubaensis (46979)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela Aturia cubaensis (165933)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Grenada Aturia cubaensis (58646)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Costa Rica Aturia cubaensis (203167) Aturia peruviana (203166)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France Aturia cubaensis (165930)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Venezuela (Falcon) Aturia curvilineata (60144)
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Aturia cubaensis (176560)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.44 - 7.246Italy Aturia cubaensis (197406)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Aturia australis (176004 179842 179944 180101 180102) Aturia cubaensis (165934 180104 180122)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Malta Aturia cubaensis (197409)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Cuba Aturia cubaensis (180409) Nautilus cubaensis (type locality: 166232)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan Aturia cubaensis (167460 179868 179869) Aturia minoensis (44959 179851 179867)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia Aturia cubaensis (165931)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Chile Aturia sp. (78528)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Italy Aturia cubaensis (197402)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Aturia curvilineata (111204 136943)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Japan Aturia minoensis (179846)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Australia (Victoria) Aturia australis (179943 179946)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Cyprus Aturia cubaensis (165929)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand (Southland) Aturia grangei (179820)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand Aturia cubaensis (180103)