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Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Trochus apertus was named by Solander (1766) [DISTRIBUTION: Late Paleocene-Miocene; North America, Europe.]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Calyptraea (Trochatella) aperta by Olsson (1928); it was recombined as Calyptraea (Calyptraea) aperta by Glibert (1938); it was recombined as Calyptraea apertus by Harris and Palmer (1947); it was recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta by Vokes (1975) and Okan and Hosgor (2009); it was recombined as Calyptraea aperta by Clark and Martin (1901), Martin (1904), Maury (1912), Clark and Durham (1946), Woodring (1957), Ward (1998), Kosnik (2002) and Devries (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alaskana, C. aldrichi, C. mammilaris, C. merriami, C. primogenita, C. saxosa, C. viridarena

Synonyms
  • Infundibulum perarmatum was named by Conrad (1841). It is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Trochita perarmata by Whitfield (1894); it was synonymized subjectively with Calyptraea aperta by Ward (1998).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1766Trochus apertus Solander p. 9 figs. 1, 2
1841Infundibulum perarmatum Conrad p. 31
1894Trochita perarmata Whitfield pp. 124-125
1901Calyptraea aperta Clark and Martin p. 152 figs. 28: 4, 5
1904Calyptraea aperta Martin p. 247
1912Calyptraea aperta Maury p. 99
1928Calyptraea (Trochatella) aperta Olsson p. 108
1938Calyptraea (Calyptraea) aperta Glibert p. 54
1946Calyptraea aperta Clark and Durham p. 21
1947Calyptraea apertus Harris and Palmer p. 260
1957Calyptraea aperta Woodring p. 80
1975Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Vokes p. 163
1998Calyptraea aperta Ward p. 71
2002Calyptraea aperta Kosnik
2009Calyptraea (Trochita) aperta Okan and Hosgor p. 9
2019Calyptraea aperta Devries p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderNeotaenioglossaHaller 1882
suborderPtenoglossa(Gray 1853)
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusCalyptraeaSchumacher 1817
subgenusTrochita
speciesaperta(Solander 1766)

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.

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Invalid names: Trochita perarmata Conrad 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-18 09:29:33
Modified: 2009-09-18 11:29:33
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Langhian or 61.70000 to 13.82000 Ma

Collections (220 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Calyptraea aperta (205466)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (85330 85562)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (205472)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (80367)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (80495 85322 86176 86179 90141 90142 90439 90818 92352)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Calyptraea aperta (80170)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Calyptraea aperta (91126)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Bulgaria (Varna) Calyptraea aperta (102400)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Calyptraea aperta (92466)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Calyptraea aperta (91712 91890)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey (Yerkoy) Calyptraea aperta (98010)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (80779 80792 89873 90038 90039 90143 90144 90145 92375 97454)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Peru Calyptraea aperta (205244)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Calyptraea aperta (77608)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) Trochita aperta (42583)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (83801 83804)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (100145)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Haiti Calyptraea aperta (61190)
Early/Lower Eocene - Miocene55.8 - 5.333USA (Texas) Calyptraea aperta (99037)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Belgium Calyptraea aperta (77611 77613)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (1436 1437 1438 1440 1443 1444 81206 81224 81253)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Calyptraea aperta (171526 171535)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Virginia) Calyptraea aperta (1445 1446 1447 1448)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) Calyptraea aperta (2411 90455 205421 205440 205454 205496 205503 205527 205532 205537)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Mexico (Chiapas) Calyptraea aperta (79943)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) Calyptraea aperta (178083)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) Calyptraea aperta (52344)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (205420 205490)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Calyptraea aperta (1417)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Calyptraea aperta (1285 1286 1289 1290 1292 1422 1423 1424 1428 1429 1430 1431 1432 1433 1434)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Romania Calyptraea aperta (101813)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Calyptraea aperta (1413 1414 3534 92303 92347 92357 92374 92389 205501)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Calyptraea aperta (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (2416 2417 2418 2419 2421 2422 2423 3503 3510 3512 81266 81282 90469 90600 98333 205438 205489)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Calyptraea aperta (2434 2435 2436 2437 2438 2444 2449 90471 90643 90706 90707 90708 90709 91050 91099 99632 99675 164232 205498 205508 205526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Calyptraea aperta (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) Calyptraea aperta (178082 178155)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Calyptraea aperta (92308 92355 92378) Calyptraea trochiformis (92487 92490)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Calyptraea aperta (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Calyptraea aperta (42636 42641 42644 42648) Calyptraea trochiformis (40530) Trochita aperta (40523)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Colombia Calyptraea aperta (88278)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Calyptraea aperta (90705 91101 205271 205410 205422 205430 205476 205531)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Calyptraea aperta (99762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) Calyptraea aperta (102230)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Calyptraea aperta (92294 92300 92301 98689 100143)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Calyptraea aperta (6802)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) Calyptraea aperta (41453 61109)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy Calyptraea aperta (78565)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Romania Calyptraea aperta (101967 102026 102082)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Calyptraea aperta (42487 42489)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Calyptraea aperta (42840)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) Calyptraea aperta (42640 42649 42658) Calyptraea trochiformis (39696) Trochita aperta (42582 42584 42585 42586)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Calyptraea trochiformis (92432)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Georgia) Calyptraea trochiformis (60838)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) Calyptraea aperta (74077 74078 74079 74080 74083 179354)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (North Carolina) Calyptraea aperta (4880)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (North Carolina) Calyptraea aperta (92719)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Calyptraea trochiformis (60985 61069 61070 61072 61100 61110 61128)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (New Jersey) Calyptraea aperta (59335 59336 59337 59723 59726 59742 59745 59746 59753 92762 92769)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) Calyptraea aperta (60979 65162)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (North Carolina) Calyptraea trochiformis (41987)
Early/Lower Miocene - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Calyptraea aperta (173047 173101)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Delaware) Calyptraea aperta (18579)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (Maryland) Calyptraea aperta (69024)