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Cymatium femorale

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Murex femorale was named by Linnaeus (1758). It is extant.

It was recombined as Triton femorale by Kiener (1842); it was recombined as Tritonium femorale by Krebs (1864); it was recombined as Triton (Cymatium) femorale by Mörch (1877); it was recombined as Tritonium (Cymatium) femorale by Gabb (1881); it was recombined as Lotorium femorale by Dall (1889); it was recombined as Nyctilochus femorale by Maury (1922); it was recombined as Cymatium femorale by Beu (2010).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1758Murex femorale Linnaeus p. 749
1810Lotorium lotor Montfort p. 583
1811Septa triangularis Perry figs. pl. 14, fig. 6
1842Triton femorale Kiener p. 10 figs. pl. 10, fig. 1
1864Tritonium femorale Krebs p. 23
1877Triton (Cymatium) femorale Mörch p. 31
1881Tritonium (Cymatium) femorale Gabb p. 352
1889Lotorium femorale Dall p. 132
1922Nyctilochus femorale Maury
2010Cymatium femorale Beu p. 131

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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
speciesfemorale(Linnaeus 1758)

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.

Cymatium femorale Linnaeus 1758
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Invalid names: Lotorium lotor Montfort 1810 [synonym], Septa triangularis Perry 1811 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica Cymatium femorale (92575 96519)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Cymatium femorale (131130 131915)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Colombia Cymatium femorale (136268)