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Cymatium

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Cymatium was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 125]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Triton (Cymatium) by Mörch (1877); it was reranked as Tritonium (Cymatium) by Gabb (1881).

It was assigned to Triton by Mörch (1877); to Tritonium by Gabb (1881); to Cymatiidae by Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Gardner (1947), MacNeil (1960), Addicott (1970), Ladd (1977), Ladd (1982), Squires (1983), Squires (1984) and Frassinetti and Covacevich (1995); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Cymatiinae by Wilson (1993) and Beu (2005); and to Ranellidae by Todd (2001) and Beu (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Cymatium Röding
1810Lotorium Montfort p. 106
1842Tritocurrus Lesson
1847Luterium Herrmannsen p. 632
1848Nyctilochus Gistel
1877Triton (Cymatium) Mörch p. 31
1881Tritonium (Cymatium) Gabb p. 352
1935Cymatium Oostingh p. 61
1938Cymatium Turner p. 90
1947Cymatium Gardner p. 533
1960Cymatium MacNeil p. 58
1970Cymatium Addicott p. 72
1977Cymatium Ladd p. 33
1982Cymatium Ladd p. 40
1983Cymatium Squires p. 355
1984Cymatium Squires p. 27
1993Cymatium Wilson p. 243
1995Cymatium Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 58
2001Cymatium Todd
2002Cymatium Sepkoski
2005Cymatium Beu p. 72
2010Cymatium Beu

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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
genusCymatiumRöding 1798

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. Cymatium Röding 1798
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Subg. Cymatium (Cymatium) Röding 1798
Subg. Cymatium (Gelagna) Schaufuss 1869
Subg. Cymatium (Gutturnium) Mörch 1853
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Gutturnium muricinum Röding 1798
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Invalid names: Triton tuberosum Lamarck 1822 [synonym], Tritonium nodulus Link 1807 [synonym]
Subg. Cymatium (Lotoria) Emerson 1963
†Cymatium cecilianum Dall 1916
Cymatium femorale Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Lotorium lotor Montfort 1810 [synonym], Septa triangularis Perry 1811 [synonym]
†Cymatium praefemorale Maury 1917
†Cymatium revolutum Finlay 1924
Invalid names: Lotorium Montfort 1810 [synonym], Nyctilochus Gistel 1848 [synonym], Tritocurrus Lesson 1842 [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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) C. danianum (205466)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Nyctilochus sp. (207112)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Cyinatium piraster (171526)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) C. n. sp.? (194185)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Japan (Nagasaki) C. nagaskiensis (103018)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Nyctilochus sp. (122340)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) C. cowlitzense, C. washingtonianum (203164)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Semitriton revolutum (205813)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan C. nagasakiensis (81236)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) C. cecilianum (60831)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) C. vicksburgense (5999)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (North Carolina) C. planinodum (4880)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene28.4 - 15.97Argentina (Santa Cruz) Lotorium usurpator, Lotorium rada (48068)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (California) C. sp. (37516)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France C. subcorrugatum (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India C. pilearis (72033)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Argentina Lotorium rada (71540) Lotorium usurpator, Lotorium rada (71429)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Grenada C. sp. (58690)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand C. sp. (67887 67890)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy C. borsoni (178110) C. borsoni, C. nodiferum (178108)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy C. borsoni (178114)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) C. sp. (111204 136943)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Italy Cymiatium heptagonum (178120)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic C. praefemorale (93686 131371)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) C. sp. (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines C. bayeri (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago C. sp. (60637)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria C. affine (69864 70863 70864 70879 70884)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic C. praefemorale (84952 89557 89559 89564 89567 93606 93689 94006 94099 131387 131659 131677)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. praefemorale (74911 74967 75036 75037 75038) C. sp. (75039 75043)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) C. pacificum (71146 71148)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Lotorium praefemorale (58823)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) C. sp. (41543)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) C. elsemerense (97209)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic C. praefemorale (74968 93733 93795 131634) C. sp. (74965) Gutturnium sp., C. praefemorale (80136) Gutturnium sp., C. praefemorale, C. sp. (80084)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) C. annectans (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Philippines (Tayabas) C. bayeri (41523)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Ryukyu) C. gutturnium (41598) C. sp., C. sinense (41594)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela C. muricinum (131237)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica C. femorale (131130 131915) C. sp. (58522)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica C. femorale (92575 96519)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy C. heptagonuin (178457)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (79871)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Costa Rica C. weigmani (66777)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama C. tuberosum (80304)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Eritrea C. sp. (101415)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa C. dolarium (122936 122937 122940 122943) C. dolarium, C. africanum (122945) C. dolarium, C. klenei (122941) C. olearium, C. dolarium (122946)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain C. costatum, C. dolarium (128324)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco C. nodiferum, C. corrugatim (127581)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas C. muricunum, C. sp. (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) C. mundum (96682)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) C. gemmatum, C. muricinum (89309)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco C. nodiferum (127572)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain (Canary Islands) C. parthenopaeum (92710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain C. corrugatum, C. costatum, C. nodiferum (127358) C. dolarium (176761)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Gutturnium muricinum (194003)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan (Ryukyu) C. sp. (41606)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas C. muricunum, C. sp. (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. testudinarium, C. dunkeri (88886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia C. femorale (136268)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica C. sp. (80407) C. sp., C. muricinum (80408)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco C. doliarium (127591) C. nodiferum, C. doliarium (127599 127637)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) C. sp. (202490)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas C. sp. (80677)