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Cymatiinae

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Cymatiinae Iredale
1987Cymatiinae Squires p. 40
1988Cymatiinae Ponder and Warén p. 302
1993Cymatiinae Wilson p. 242
2004Cymatiinae Harzhauser p. 134
2004Cymatiinae Stilwell et al. p. 35
2005Cymatiinae Beu p. 71
2005Cymatiinae Bouchet et al. p. 253
2007Cymatiinae Harasewych and Beu p. 90
2010Cymatiinae Beu
2010Cymatiinae Landau and Marques da Silva p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913
subfamilyCymatiinaeIredale 1913

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.

Subfm. Cymatiinae Iredale 1913
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G. †Antarctiranella Stilwell et al. 2004
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†Antarctiranella tessela Stilwell et al. 2004
G. Cabestana Röding 1798
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Cabestana cutacea Linnaeus 1767
G. Charonia Gistel 1848 [triton]
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Subg. Charonia (Charonia) Gistel 1848
†Charonia guichemerri Lozouet 1998
Charonia lampas Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Charonia rubicunda Perry 1811 [synonym], Murex gyrinoides Brocchi 1814 [synonym], Nyctilochus alfredensis Bartsch 1915 [synonym], Septa englishi Newton 1905 [synonym]
†Charonia multinodosa Traub 1979
Charonia sauliae Reeve 1844
Charonia tritonis Linnaeus 1758
Charonia variegata Lamarck 1816
†Charonia weisbordi Gibson-Smith 1976
Invalid names: Buccinatorium Mörch 1877 [synonym], Eutritonium Cossmann 1904 [synonym], Semiranella de Gregorio 1880 [synonym], Triton Montfort 1810 [synonym], Tritonium Röding 1798 [replaced]
G. Cymatiella Iredale 1924
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†Cymatiella gemmulatus Tate 1888
†Cymatiella pratti Tenison Woods 1879
Invalid names: Vernotriton Iredale 1936 [synonym]
G. Linatella Gray 1857
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Subg. Linatella (Linatella) Gray 1857
Linatella caudata Gmelin 1791
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†Dolium losariense mekranica Vredenburg 1925
Invalid names: Cassidaria cingulata Lamarck 1822 [synonym], Cassis (Semicassis) tegalensis Martin 1899 [synonym], Cymatium (Linatella) floridanum Mansfield 1930 [synonym], Cymatium (Linatella) krenkeli Cox 1930 [synonym], Cymatium (Linatella) poulsenii Mörch 1853 [synonym], Dolium losariense Martin 1899 [synonym], Fusus cutaceus Lamarck 1816 [synonym], Linatella neptunia Garrard 1963 [synonym], Neptunea szukouensis Hu and Tao 1991 [synonym]
G. Sassia Bellardi 1872
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†Charonia (Sassia) danica Schnetler 2001
Subg. †Sassia (Byramia) MacNeil and Dockery 1984
Subg. †Sassia (Personella) Conrad 1865
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Invalid names: Byramia MacNeil and Dockery 1984 [synonym]
Subg. †Sassia (Sassia) Bellardi 1872
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†Sassia (Sassia) neozelanica Marshall and Murdoch 1923
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Invalid names: Sassia (Sassia) clifdenensis Finlay 1924 [synonym]
Invalid names: Sassia (Monocirsus) Cossmann 1889 [synonym]
†Sassia africana Adegoke 1977
†Sassia apenninica Sassi 1827
†Sassia armata Hupé 1854
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Invalid names: Siphonalia matthewsi Ihering 1914 [synonym], Siphonalia nodosocincta Ihering 1907 [synonym], Tritonium bicegoi Ihering 1899 [synonym]
†Sassia carlea Dockery 1993
†Sassia carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Sassia indica Vredenburg 1925
Sassia kampyla Watson 1885
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Invalid names: Cymatium remotum Frassinetti and Covacevich 1995 [synonym], Lotorium nodocostatum Tate and May 1901 [synonym]
Sassia leucostomoides Sowerby 1846
Sassia lewisi Harasewych and Petuch 1980
Sassia melpangi Harasewych and Beu 2007
†Sassia morgani Ortmann 1900
†Sassia nigeriana Adegoke 1977
†Sassia nucleoides Garvie 1996
†Sassia parvula Michelotti 1847
Sassia philomelae Watson 1881
†Sassia radialis Tate 1888
†Sassia tatei Beu 2010
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Invalid names: Triton armatus Tate 1888 [replaced]
†Sassia warreni Beu 2010
Invalid names: Austrosassia Finlay 1931 [synonym], Austrotriton Cossmann 1903 [synonym], Charoniella Powell and Bartrum 1929 [synonym], Cymatoma Iredale 1929 [synonym], Negyrina Iredale 1929 [synonym], Phanozesta Iredale 1936 [synonym], Proxicharonia Powell 1938 [synonym]
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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 130.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.45 Ma

Collections (350 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) Triton urgonense (177726)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0France Triton urgonense (2178)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) Charonia kanabense (53401)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Charonia soozi (55889)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) Charonia soozi (53504)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Mississippi) Sassia carlea (7456 32139 32141 32142)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Tritonium univaricosum (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Charonia univaricosum (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Charonia univaricosum, Sassia sp. (205445)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Eutritonium sp. (4193 4197 4207)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland Charonia multicostata (27818) Charonia multicostata, Charonia tuberculosa (27819 27822) Charonia tuberculosa (28450)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Charonia mariae, Charonia simplicostata, Charonia planisulcata, Charonia curtula, Charonia briarti (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Sassia faxense, Sassia sp. (176994) Tritonium sp. (89866)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Sassia antiqua (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Sassia sp. n. large form (177724)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Antarctica Antarctiranella tessela (67044)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Egypt Triton tuberculosum (86950)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France Sassia rutoti (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Austria (Niederösterreich) Tritonium fenestratum (87001)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2Egypt Triton sp., Triton chalmasi, Triton farafrense (87000)