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Cytharella

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2303492	https://www.gbif.org/species/2303492
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11017	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11017

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mangeliidae : Cytharella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Mangeliidae : Cytharella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Mangeliidae
genus	Cytharella	Monterosato 1875

Scientific Name

Cytharella Monterosato, 1875

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cytharella	genus	belongs to Mangeliinae	stated with evidence	Woodring, 1970
Cytharella	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (18%)

First Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Conoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Conoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cythara barbadoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cythara chariessa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cythara cymella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cythara isabellae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytharella barbadoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Cytharella burchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytharella chariessa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Cytharella compsacosta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	20.4 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cytharella costatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytharella costulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytharella cryptopleura ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Cytharella cymella species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Cytharella elevata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cytharella galae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	2.59 Ma Pleistocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Cytharella hexagona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytharella hippolita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytharella isabellae ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Cytharella limata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cytharella limta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cytharella phyrne species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytharella quentinensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cytharella robusticostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ithycythara compsacosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mangelia cryptopleura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Mangelia elevata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1875	Cytharella Monterosato p. 73
1970	Cytharella Woodring p. 392
2002	Cytharella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Woodring W. P. (1970) Geology and paleontology of canal zone and adjoing parts of Panama: Description of Tertiary mollusks (gastropods: Eulimidae, Marginellidae to Helminthoglyptidae)., United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 306 D, 299-452

Hansson, Hans G. (2008) "MESS - Marina Evertebrater från Södra Skandinavien (Marine Invertebrates from South Scandinavia) - a teaching aid for students. Marina syd-skandinaviska ""evertebrater"", ett naturhistoriskt urval. Web-upplaga mars 2008. http://www.tmbl.gu.se/staff/HansGHanssonP.html" - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Hayward, P.J.; Ryland, J.S. (Ed.). (1990). The marine fauna of the British Isles and North-West Europe: 1. Introduction and protozoans to arthropods. Clarendon Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN 0-19-857356-1. 627 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bouchet, P.; Kantor, Y. I.; Sysoev, A.; Puillandre, N. (2011). A new operational classification of the Conoidea (Gastropoda). Journal of Molluscan Studies. 77(3): 273-308. - via World Register of Marine Species

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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