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Cerithiella (Cerithiella)

Gastropoda - Triforidae

Taxonomy

Cerithiella (Cerithiella) was named by Verrill (1882). It is extant.

It was assigned to Cerithiella by Verrill (1882), Allison (1955) and Abbass (1967).

Subtaxa

Cerithiella (Cerithiella) convexa, Cerithiella (Cerithiella) kickapooense, Cerithiella (Cerithiella) spiralis, Cerithiella (Cerithiella) tuberculata

Species lacking formal opinion data

Cerithiella bitorquata, Cerithiella clava, Cerithiella exbicarinata, Cerithiella heckscheri, Cerithiella leptopyrga, Cerithiella multispirata, Cerithiella nassuloides, Cerithiella paroaensis, Cerithiella preconica

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1882	Cerithiella (Cerithiella) Verrill p. 39
1955	Cerithiella (Cerithiella) Allison p. 422
1967	Cerithiella (Cerithiella) Abbass p. 39

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamily	Triphoroidea	Gray 1847
family	Triforidae	Jousseaume 1884
genus	Cerithiella	Verrill 1882
subgenus	Cerithiella	Verrill 1882

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.

Subg. Cerithiella (Cerithiella) Verrill 1882

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†Cerithiella (Cerithiella) convexa Abbass 1967

†Cerithiella (Cerithiella) kickapooense Stanton 1947

†Cerithiella (Cerithiella) spiralis Abbass 1967

†Cerithiella (Cerithiella) tuberculata Abbass 1967

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

carnivoresuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:29:55

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:29:55

Source: superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 122.46000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (22 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	122.46 - 113.0	Mexico (Baja California)	Cerithiella kickapooense (1890)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Egypt	Cerithiella spiralis, Cerithiella convexa, Cerithiella tuberculata (2959)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	Cerithiella genei (62929 62937 62938 62957 62964)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	Cerithiella genei (61895 61897 61899 61901 61902 61903 61904 61905 61906 62867 62885 62886 62887 62892 62893)