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Cornulina

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Melongenidae

Taxonomy
Cornulina was named by Conrad (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. Its type is Cornulina armigera.

It was reranked as Melongena (Cornulina) by Olsson (1928).

It was assigned to Melongena by Olsson (1928); to Fasciolariidae by Palmer (1937); to Buccinidae by Harris and Palmer (1947); to Melongeninae by Adegoke (1977); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Melongenidae by Perrilliat et al. (2006).

Species
C. (Afrocornulina), C. armigera (type species), C. levifusoides, C. louisianae, C. minax
Species lacking formal opinion data
Melongena laevifusoides

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Cornulina Conrad
1928Melongena (Cornulina) Olsson p. 130
1937Cornulina Palmer p. 337
1947Cornulina Harris and Palmer p. 360
1977Cornulina Adegoke p. 174
2002Cornulina Sepkoski
2006Cornulina Perrilliat et al. p. 163

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyMelongenidaeGill 1867
genusCornulinaConrad 1853

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. †Cornulina Conrad 1853
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Subg. †Cornulina (Afrocornulina) Adegoke 1977
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†Cornulina armigera Conrad 1833
†Cornulina levifusoides Olsson 1928
†Cornulina louisianae Harris and Palmer 1947
†Cornulina minax Solander 1766
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 08:20:52
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:20:52
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 61.60000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) C. sp., C. triseralis (52197)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8Mali C. sp. (115411)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria C. africana (7791)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) C. minax (90610) C. philadelphica, C. sp. (80367)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) C. minax (98777 99721 101126) C. sp. (99720)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) C. minax (90818 98378) C. sp. (80495)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) C. minax (92242) C. sp. ? (91846)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Mississippi) C. minax (99666 99667 100148) C. sp. (89868 89872)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) C. minax (7788 7789 83950 84337)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) C. minax (3267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) C. minax (98925)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) C. hatchetigbeensis (80791 80792 90609) C. minax (98276) C. philadelphica (91111) C. sp. (80779 205272) C. sp. ?, C. minax (98277)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) C. armigera (81182)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) C. minax (3257)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Nigeria C. minax (51240)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) C. minax (205520 205533) C. sp. (205478 205532)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) C. sp. (79943)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) C. minax (8047 8125)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) C. armigera (81224 92351)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) C. minax (3265)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Mexico (Tamaulipas) C. armigera (42996) C. lita (42970)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) C. minax (42636 42639)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) C. armigera (90885 92240 205267 205414 205415 205483) C. sp. (205430 205481) C. sp., C. armigera (205422)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Melongena levifusoides (52526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) C. armigera (5312 81266 90600 205438 205489) C. sp. (5322)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Ica) Melongena levifusoides (100331)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Venezuela C. levifusoides (42792) C. sp. (42791)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia C. sp. 1 (42788) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (42789)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. minax (42640)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Melongena laevifusoides (52523)