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Circulus
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Trochina
Superfamily:
Trochacea
Family:
Cyclostrematidae
Subfamily:
Cyclostrematinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Circulus JEFFREYS, 1865
Type Species:
Delphinula duminyi Requien, 1842 = Solarium philippii CANTRAINE, 1842
Images
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Fig. 177,2. *C. philippii (Cantraine), Rec., Medit., 2a-c, X5 (147)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Medit.-W.Indies-W.C.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mio.
Beginning International Stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
23.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Minute, smooth or with spiral riblets
References
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Trochina
Superfamily:
Trochacea
Family:
Cyclostrematidae
Subfamily:
Cyclostrematinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Circulus JEFFREYS, 1865
Type Species:
Delphinula duminyi Requien, 1842 = Solarium philippii CANTRAINE, 1842
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 177,2. *C. philippii (Cantraine), Rec., Medit., 2a-c, X5 (147)
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Medit.-W.Indies-W.C.Am.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Mio.
Beginning International Stage:
Aquitanian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
23.04
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Rec.
Ending International Stage:
Meghalayan
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
0
Description
Minute, smooth or with spiral riblets