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Cyclonema minuta

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyclora minuta was named by Hall (1845). Its type specimen is AMNH 1387.

It was recombined as Cyclonema minuta by Knight (1941), Knight (1945) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Cyclora minuta Hall p. 294
1941Cyclonema minuta Knight p. 90 figs. pl. 53 f. 4a-b
1945Cyclonema minuta Knight
2023Cyclonema minuta Wagner p. 580

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusCyclonema
speciesminuta()

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.

†Cyclonema minuta Hall 1845
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: coprophageg
Diet 2: deposit feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-16 09:07:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:18:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023, Knight et al. 1960

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Richmondian or 457.30000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Tennessee) Cyclora minuta (5347)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Cyclora minuta (5352)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Cyclora minuta (37834)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Michigan) Cyclora minuta (26307)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Cyclora minuta (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Cyclora minuta (13261 13262)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Cyclora minuta (26312 26313 26314)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Cyclora minuta (5326)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Tennessee) Cyclora minuta (5393)