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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4601011	https://www.gbif.org/species/4601011
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	11009	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11009

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Nassariidae : Cymatophos

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Buccinidae : Cymatophos

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	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Buccinidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Cymatophos	Pilsbry & Olsson 1941

Scientific Name

Cymatophos Pilsbry & Olsson, 1941

Name Published In

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 93

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cymatophos	subgenus	belongs to Phos	stated without evidence	Keen, 1971
Cymatophos	genus	belongs to Buccinidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Cymatophos	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (14%)

First Recorded Appearance

38.0 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Buccinidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Buccinidae)

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
Cymatophos acolus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cymatophos armatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cymatophos beteyensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cymatophos crassus species	listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Cymatophos galerus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Cymatophos glareosus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Cymatophos hodsoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Cymatophos paraguanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Cymatophos pilsbryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cymatophos semicostatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cymatophos subsemicostatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	11.6 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cymatophos tuberaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cymatophos turbacoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Cymatophos veatchi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		66	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Phos beteyensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phos hodsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phos paraguanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phos semicostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phos subsemicostatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phos tuberaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phos turbacoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phos veatchi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1941	Cymatophos Pilsbry and Olsson
1971	Phos (Cymatophos) Keen p. 568
2001	Cymatophos Todd
2002	Cymatophos Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Keen A. M. (1971) , Sea Shells of Tropical West America, 1-1064

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - 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 (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 93 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353. - via World Register of Marine Species

Landau B., Silva C.M. da & Heitz A. (2016). Systematics of the gastropods of the Lower–Middle Miocene Cantaure Formation, Paraguaná Formation, Paraguaná peninsula, Venezuela. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 389-390: 1-581. - 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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