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Cantharus gilberti

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Siphonalia gilberti was named by Moody (1916). Its type specimen is UCMP 11077, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is UCMP 3030, Fourth and Hill Streets, Los Angeles, which is in a Piacenzian marine claystone in the Fernando Formation of California.

It was recombined as Cantharus gilberti by Waterfall (1929).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. amycus, C. californicus, C. minutulus, C. scissus, C. ventricosus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Siphonalia gilberti Moody p. 51 figs. Plate 1, Figures 5a, 5b
1929Cantharus gilberti Waterfall p. 89

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCantharusRöding 1798
speciesgilberti()

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.

†Cantharus gilberti Moody 1916
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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Piacenzian or 3.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Siphonalia gilberti (type locality: 186031)