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Cerithium echinatum

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1822Cerithium echinatum Lamarck
1854Cerithium album Hombron
1987Cerithium echinatum Short and Potter p. 22

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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
speciesechinatumLamarck 1822

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.

Cerithium echinatum Lamarck 1822
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Invalid names: Cerithium album Hombron 1854 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 2.58800 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (15 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) Cerithium echinatum (42354)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117French Polynesia Cerithium echinatum (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Kenya Cerithium echinatum (81036 81077 81078 81079)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) Cerithium echinatum (41605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) Cerithium echinatum (63356)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Cerithium echinatum (89289 89403)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117Seychelles Cerithium echinatum (80966 81006 81008 81009 81011)