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Ceratosiphon

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Ceratosiphon was named by Gill (1870).

It was assigned to Aporrhaidae by Kase (1984); and to Pterocerellinae by Kollmann (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Ceratosiphon Gill
1984Ceratosiphon Kase p. 143
2009Ceratosiphon Kollmann pp. 52 - 53

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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
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyPterocerellinaeBandel 2007
genusCeratosiphonGill 1870

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. †Ceratosiphon Gill 1870
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†Ceratosiphon ebrayi Pictet and Loriol 1882
†Ceratosiphon moreausiania d'Orbigny 1843
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Barremian to the top of the Late/Upper Barremian or 129.40000 to 125.45000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Japan C. giganteus (91313)
Late/Upper Barremian130.0 - 125.45France (Drôme) C. sp. (177726)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Japan C. densestriatus (91333) C. sp. (91337)