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Ceritella (Fibula)

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia

Taxonomy
Fibula was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Cerithium (Fibula) by Anderson (1958); it was reranked as Ceritella (Fibula) by Fischer (1964).

It was assigned to Cerithium by Anderson (1958); to Ceritella by Fischer (1964); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Cerithium (Fibula) Anderson p. 162
1964Ceritella (Fibula) Fischer
2002Fibula Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderCephalaspida(Fischer 1883)
genusCeritellaMorris and Lycett 1851
subgenusFibula

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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Ceritella (Fibula) goyoni Fischer 1964
Cerithium (Fibula) detectum Stoliczka 1868
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 168.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Fibula phasianoides (36552 36553 36554)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Ceritella sp. (61885)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Ceritella sp. (68077)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (California) Cerithium mustangense, Cerithium detectum (215463)