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Cerithidea

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Cerithidea was named by Swainson (1840) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Potamides (Cerithidea) by Martin (1916); it was reranked as Potomides (Cerithidea) by Clark (1918).

It was assigned to Potamides by Martin (1916); to Potomides by Clark (1918); to Cerithiidae by Clark and Arnold (1923) and Oostingh (1935); to Potamidinae by MacNeil (1960); to Cerithideidae by Houbrick (1988) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Potamididae by Ladd (1972), Shuto (1978), Wilson (1993), Todd (2001) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Cerithidea Swainson
1916Potamides (Cerithidea) Martin p. 253
1918Potomides (Cerithidea) Clark p. 171
1923Cerithidea Clark and Arnold p. 163
1935Cerithidea Oostingh p. 53
1960Cerithidea MacNeil p. 39
1972Cerithidea Ladd p. 26
1978Cerithidea Shuto p. 117
1988Cerithidea Houbrick p. 118
1993Cerithidea Wilson p. 132
1995Cerithidea Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
2001Cerithidea Todd
2002Cerithidea Sepkoski
2005Cerithidea Bouchet et al. pp. 46, 249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusCerithideaSwainson 1840

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.

G. Cerithidea Swainson 1840
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Subg. Cerithidea (Cerithideopsis) Thiele 1929
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Cerithideopsis harzhauseri Dominici and Kowalke 2014
Cerithideopsis hispanicum Cossmann 1906
Cerithideopsis roselli Dominici and Kowalke 2014
Cerithideopsis vidali Cossmann 1898
Cerithidea anguillana Cooke 1919
Cerithidea anticipata Iredale 1929
Cerithidea boweni Olsson 1928
Cerithidea costatus da Costa 1778
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Invalid names: Cerithidea beattyi Bequaert 1942 [synonym]
Cerithidea decollata Linnaeus 1767
Cerithidea pulchra Adams 1852
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Invalid names: Cerithidea solida Gould and Carpenter 1857 [synonym]
Cerithidea tokunariensis Masuda 1956
Cerithidea valida Adams 1852
Potamides (Cerithidea) fluviatilis Potiez and Michaud 1838
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Santonian to the top of the Holocene or 86.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 83.6 Ma

Collections (124 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6USA (California) C. sp. A, C. sp. B (44238)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain C. hispanica (75324 75327 75328 75330 75332 75356 75416) C. morillensis (75360 75385 75387 75399 75401 75406 75407 75409 75412 75414 75417) C. morillensis, C. hispanica (75410) C. sp., C. morillensis (75411) C. vidali (75359 75394 75402) Cerithideopsis harzhauseri (184199 184200) Cerithideopsis hispanicum (184270) Cerithideopsis roselli (184268 184269 184274) Cerithideopsis roselli, Cerithideopsis harzhauseri (184208) Cerithideopsis roselli, Cerithideopsis vidali (184204)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) C. puruensis (179075)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Peru (Piura) Cerithium boweni (88371)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Japan (Hyogo) Cerithideopsilla hondai (102033 102036)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia C. puruensis (70082)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan C. ishikariensis (71046)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Japan C. matajiroi (68895)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) C. sp., C. californica (63086)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Potamides preangerensis (77400) Potamides sindiensis (77162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands C. obtusa (77942)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan C. sp. (70330 70331 70336 173044) C. sp., C. tokunariensis (173083) Cerithideopsilla yatsuoensis (70323 70333)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Japan C. sp. (52332 52333)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan C. kanpokuensis, Cerithideopsilla minoensis (44959) C. kanpokueusis, C. ohiroi (176558)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) C. sp. (77921)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Western Australia) C. sp. (63300 63315)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan C. tokunariensis (77742)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia C. cingulata (70165) C. preangerensis (63040)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Potamides jenkinsi, Potamides fluviatilis (77133)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia C. babylonicus, C. bandongense (70077) Cerithium jenkinsi (70103)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Mexico (Baja California) C. californica (154115)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia C. microptera, C. jenkinsi, C. cheribonensis (70125) C. tegalensis (70080) C. tegalensis, C. sucabumiana (84521) Potamides cheribonensis, C. decollata, C. sucabumiana (84520)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) C. jenkinsi (41523 41524)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Pakistan C. fluviatilis (77293)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Mexico (Guerrero) C. sp. (66169)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India C. gibbosula, C. trifunata (77658)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) C. briani, C. diegelae (79875) C. lindae (79876)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia C. djadjariensis, C. sp., C. microptera, C. jenkinsi, C. cherbonnieri, C. obtusum, C. sp., C. cheribonensis (70084) C. jenkinsi, C. sp. (70079)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) C. jenniferae, C. xenos (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama C. varicosa (80304 80307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) C. pliculosa (79331 79333)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) C. rhizoporarum (42349)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Philippines (Panay) C. preangerensis (41651)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba C. costata (66773)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) C. sp. (183464)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan C. djadjariensis (96947) Cerithidella djadjariensis (97028)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. californica (222663 222664 222665 222932 222933 223301)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) C. duerri (79747)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) C. californica (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) C. scalariformis, C. beattyi (62458) C. scalariformis, C. costata (96538) C. scalariformis, C. costata, C. beattyi (79739)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. albonodosa, C. californica (160361) C. californica (59063 96589 96895 96930 96936 96937 96938 96939 219029 219030 222659 222660 222661 222674 222952)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles C. sp. (80964)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) C. mazatlanica (44963) C. sp. (34933 34939)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Venezuela C. isotoma (66753)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Eritrea C. salmacida (101543)
Late/Upper Pleistocene - Holocene0.129 - 0.0Panama (Panama) Cerithideopsis pulchra (160394)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru C. solida (97642) C. valida (97640)