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Cerithium columna

Gastropoda - Cerithiidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Cerithium columna Sowerby l

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCerithiidae(Fleming 1822)
subfamilyCerithiinaeFleming 1822
genusCerithiumBruguière 1789
speciescolumnaSowerby l 1834

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.

Cerithium columna Sowerby l 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: intermediateg
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: majorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal 2: planktonicg
Created: 2009-03-16 10:26:20
Modified: 2009-05-20 06:49:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Abbott and Dance 1986, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Holocene or 23.03000 to 0.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Northern Mariana Islands Cerithium columna (43368)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117Guam Cerithium columna (77937)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Fiji Cerithium columna (94832)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Hawaii) Cerithium columna (96682)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Cerithium columna (194003)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands Cerithium columna (77974)