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Colpites
Taxonomy
Colpites was named by Knight (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Guad-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Naticopsis monilifera.
It was assigned to Gastropoda by Knight (1936); to Platyschismatinae by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Naticopsinae by Wagner (2023).
It was assigned to Gastropoda by Knight (1936); to Platyschismatinae by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Naticopsinae by Wagner (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Colpites Knight |
| 1960 | Colpites Knight et al. p. 198 |
| 2002 | Colpites Sepkoski |
| 2023 | Colpites Wagner p. G1080 |
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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. †Colpites Knight 1936
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†Colpites lirata Hoare et al. 1997
†Colpites minutus Sayre 1930
†Colpites monilifera White 1880
†Colpites striata Batten 1989
†Colpites tiara Sowerby 1829
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. B. Knight 1936 | Moderately small anomphalous or cryptomphalous, subglobular gastropods with somewhat thickened inner lip, low spire, rather numerous whorls, a row of subtural nodes, and a moderately deep sinus in the upper part of the outer lip; without a selenizone |
Measurements
| part | N | mean | minimum | maximum | median | s.d. | |
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| shell height | 3 | 7.90 | 6.20 | 11.2 | 7.10 | 2.67 | |
| shell diameter | 3 | 11.2 | 8.60 | 15.8 | 10.3 | 3.76 |
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| References: Squires 1976, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009 | |||||
Age range: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Roadian or 336.00000 to 268.80000 Ma
Collections (20 total)
| Time interval | Ma | Country or state | Original ID and collection number |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brigantian | United Kingdom (England) | Platyschisma tiara (67670) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Texas) | C. minutus (79966) | |
| Morrowan | USA (Wyoming) | C. sp. (5713 5724) | |
| Atokan | USA (Wyoming) | C. sp. (5725) | |
| Moscovian | USA (Missouri) | Angyomphalus minutus (69773) | |
| Desmoinesian | USA (Texas) | Angyomphalus moniliferus (11100) | |
| Missourian | USA (Kansas) | Naticopsis monilifera (160173) | |
| Missourian | USA (Missouri) | Naticopsis monilifera (157612) | |
| Virgilian | USA (New Mexico) | C. monilifera (146819 146828) | |
| Sakmarian | USA (Texas) | C. striata (101780) | |
| Artinskian | USA (Nevada) | C. sp. (39157) | |
| Kungurian | USA (Texas) | C. striata (43491 43517) | |
| Kungurian | Venezuela (Merida) | C. sp. (41516) | |
| Roadian | USA (Texas) | C. striata (43512 81640 81693 101767) |