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Cymia (Cymia) brightoniana

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae

Taxonomy
Cymia brightoniana was named by Maury (1925). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Cymia (Cymia) brightoniana by Woodring (1959).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. buchivacoana

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1925Cymia brightoniana Maury p. 215
1959Cymia (Cymia) brightoniana Woodring p. 224

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyMuricidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCymiaMörch 1860
subgenusCymiaMörch 1860
speciesbrightoniana(Maury 1925)

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.

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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 08:22:24
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:22:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Early/Lower Pliocene or 5.33300 to 3.60000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Cymia brightoniana (60409 60410 60644 60649 60653 60655)