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Cerithiopsis

Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae

Taxonomy
Cerithiopsis was named by Hanley (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: K Coni R]. It is extant. Its type is Murex tubercularis.

It was assigned to Cerithiidae by Nagao (1928) and Turner (1938); to Cerithiadae by Weisbord (1962); to Cerithiopsinae by Hoerle (1972); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cerithiopsidae by Martin (1904), Durham (1944), Gardner (1948), Allison (1955), Rivera (1957), MacNeil (1960), Addicott (1970), Ladd (1972), Squires (1984), Wienrich (2001), Darragh (2017) and Schnetler et al. (2024).

Species
C. (Alipta), C. (Cerithiopsida), C. (Cerithiopsidella), C. (Cerithiopsina), C. (Cerithiopsis), C. (Heterocerithiopsis), C. (Laskeya), C. alcima, C. aldrichi, C. alternata, C. andersoni, C. aralia, C. bolingerensis, C. calvertensis, C. carmenensis, C. carpenteri, C. cesta, C. dautzenbergi, C. diagona, C. discreta, C. emersoni, C. emersonii, C. excelsus, C. gemmulosa, C. greenii, C. greggiensis, C. halia, C. hauniensis, C. inopinus, C. jacksonensis, C. lechuzaensis, C. llajasensis, C. meeki, C. mekranica, C. merriami, C. nana, C. newcombei, C. orovillensis, C. oxys, C. palmerae, C. pedroana, C. punjabensis, C. pustuloclathrata, C. stantoni, C. stejnegeri (syn. C. paramoea, C. (Cerithiopsis) fatua), C. subulata, C. tubercularis, C. veatchiana, C. vilsundensis, C. vinca, C. washingtoniana (syn. Triforis martini), C. williamsoni
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. albovitalum, C. alveolata, C. bicolor, C. columna, C. exilis, C. fayalensis, C. galapagensis, C. grippi, C. lata, C. lottae, C. maresi, C. minima, C. pseudomanzonii, C. quadrilirata, C. regularicostata, C. sohli, C. trigeminata, C. unisulcata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Cerithiopsis Hanley
1904Cerithiopsis Martin p. 229
1928Cerithiopsis Nagao p. 123
1938Cerithiopsis Turner p. 81
1944Cerithiopsis Durham p. 162
1948Cerithiopsis Gardner p. 204
1955Cerithiopsis Allison p. 421
1957Cerithiopsis Rivera p. 177
1960Cerithiopsis MacNeil p. 42
1962Cerithiopsis Weisbord p. 182
1970Cerithiopsis Addicott p. 52
1972Cerithiopsis Hoerle p. 13
1972Cerithiopsis Ladd p. 44
1984Cerithiopsis Squires p. 20
2001Cerithiopsis Wienrich p. 440
2002Cerithiopsis Sepkoski
2017Cerithiopsis Darragh p. 62
2024Cerithiopsis Schnetler et al. p. 15

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTriphoroideaGray 1847
familyCerithiopsidaeAdams and Adams 1853
genusCerithiopsisHanley 1849

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. Cerithiopsis Hanley 1849
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Subg. Cerithiopsis (Alipta) Finlay 1927
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Invalid names: Cerithiopsis arnoldi Bartsch 1911 [synonym]
†Cerithiopsidella fossilis Bartsch 1911
Subg. †Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsina) Bartsch 1911
Subg. Cerithiopsis (Laskeya) Iredale 1918
†Cerithiopsis alcima Bartsch 1911
†Cerithiopsis aldrichi Meyer 1886
†Cerithiopsis andersoni Janssen 1967
Cerithiopsis aralia Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Cerithiopsis carmenensis Clark and Durham 1946
†Cerithiopsis carpenteri Bartsch 1911
†Cerithiopsis cesta Bartsch 1911
†Cerithiopsis dautzenbergi Gilbert 1949
†Cerithiopsis diagona Dall 1916
†Cerithiopsis discreta Gougerot and Le Renard 1981
†Cerithiopsis emersonii Adams 1839
†Cerithiopsis excelsus Dall 1909
†Cerithiopsis greggiensis Aldrich 1911
Cerithiopsis halia Bartsch 1911
†Cerithiopsis inopinus Hoerle 1972
†Cerithiopsis llajasensis Squires 1984
†Cerithiopsis meeki Wade 1916
†Cerithiopsis mekranica Vredenburg 1928
†Cerithiopsis merriami Dickerson 1917
Cerithiopsis nana Jeffreys 1867
†Cerithiopsis newcombei Clark and Arnold 1923
†Cerithiopsis orovillensis Dickerson 1916
Cerithiopsis oxys Bartsch 1911
†Cerithiopsis palmerae Durham 1944
Cerithiopsis pedroana Bartsch 1907
†Cerithiopsis stantoni Allison 1955
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Invalid names: Cerithiopsis (Cerithiopsis) fatua Bartsch 1911 [synonym], Cerithiopsis paramoea Bartsch 1911 [synonym]
Cerithiopsis subulata Montagu 1808
†Cerithiopsis vilsundensis Schnetler et al. 2024
Cerithiopsis vinca Olsson and Harbison 1953
†Cerithiopsis washingtoniana Dickerson 1915
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Invalid names: Triforis martini Dickerson 1917 [synonym]
†Cerithiopsis williamsoni Arnold 1903
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 08:29:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:29:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Barremian to the top of the Holocene or 129.40000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 125.0 Ma

Collections (247 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Germany C. pseudophillipsi (67179)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Germany C. sp. (67181)
Aptian - Albian125.0 - 100.5Germany C. beyschlagi (67184)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Mexico (Baja California) C. stantoni (1881)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Arizona) C. sp. (3077 3078 3079 3080 3083)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Colorado) C. sp. (2741 2742 2783)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Arizona) C. sohli (53486 55191) C. sp. (3084)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (New Mexico) C. sp. (44284)
Late/Upper Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5USA (Utah) C. sp. (3325 3326)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) Cerithium alternata (80935 80936 80937)
Middle Turonian93.5 - 89.3USA (Arizona) C. sp. (53504)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon C. meeki (209673)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) C. quadrilirata, C. meeki (88357)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. sp. (4175)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland C. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France C. bruennichi (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium C. subcylindracea, C. francisci (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Denmark Cerithiopsidella trinodosa, Cerithiopsidella sp., C. unisulcata, C. rosenkrantzi, C. bruennichi, C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. sp. 3, C. sp. 4, C. sp. 5, C. sp. 6, C. sp. 7, C. sp. 8, C. sp. 9, C. sp. 10 (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) C. sp. (83297)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Puerto Rico C. sp. (87547)