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Globularia fluctuata

Gastropoda - Ampullinidae

Taxonomy
Natica fluctuata was named by Sowerby (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; west Pacific.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Cernina.

It was recombined as Cernina fluctuata by Majima (1989), Kabat (1991) and Kase and Ishikawa (2003); it was recombined as Globularia fluctuata by Hendy (2007).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Natica fluctuata Sowerby
1936Ampullina (Ampullina) lineata Pannekoek
1989Cernina fluctuata Majima p. 28
1991Cernina fluctuata Kabat p. 428
2003Cernina fluctuata Kase and Ishikawa p. 403
2007Globularia fluctuata Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Architaenioglossa(Haller 1890)
superfamilyAmpullinoideaCossmann 1918
familyAmpullinidaeCossmann 1918
genusGlobulariaSwainson 1840
speciesfluctuata(Sowerby 1825)

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.

Globularia fluctuata Sowerby 1825
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Invalid names: Ampullina (Ampullina) lineata Pannekoek 1936 [synonym]
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-15 09:36:57
Modified: 2009-09-15 11:36:57
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Langhian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 15.97000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Langhian20.44 - 13.82Japan (Fukui ) Cernina nakamurai (176560)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan Globularia nakamurai (44961 44970)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Ampullina lineata (70085) Globularia fluctuata (70081)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan (Hiroshima) Cernina nakamurai (51422)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Japan (Shizuoka) Globularia nakamurai (176546)