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Calicantharus fortis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae

Taxonomy
Pisania fortis was named by Carpenter (1866). It is extant.

It was recombined as Cantharus fortis by Carson (1925) and Waterfall (1929); it was recombined as Calicantharus fortis by Amano and Vermeij (2003) and Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. kettlemanensis

Synonyms
  • Pisania fortis angulata was named by Arnold (1907). Its type specimen is USNM 164959, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

    It was recombined as Cantharus angulata by Carson (1925); it was recombined as Cantharus fortis angulata by Soper and Grant (1932); it was recombined as Calicantharus angulatus by Hall (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Calicantharus fortis by Hendy (2020).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1866Pisania fortis Carpenter
1907Pisania fortis angulata Arnold p. 536 figs. Plate L, figs. 6 and 7
1925Cantharus fortis Carson p. 31
1925Cantharus angulata Carson p. 34
1929Cantharus fortis Waterfall p. 89 figs. Plate 5, figures 5, 6
1932Cantharus fortis angulata Soper and Grant p. 1061
2002Calicantharus angulatus Hall figs. table A15
2003Calicantharus fortis Amano and Vermeij
2021Calicantharus fortis Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySiphonaliidae(Finlay 1928)
genusCalicantharusClark 1938
speciesfortis()

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.

Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866
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Invalid names: Calicantharus angulatus Arnold 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (50 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (195078)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (194798 194801 194803 194895 195034)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (97209 97230 97231 97402)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (214256 214257 214258 214259 214260 214261 214262 214266 214267 214268 214270)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cantharus fortis (200398 200403)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (214255)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Cantharus fortis (220007)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (207667 207761 207763 214277)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (37934 37936 37939 37940 37941 37943 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Calicantharus fortis (71053 202969 202974 203105 203108 203114) Cantharus fortis (202636 203113) Pisania fortis (222998)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cantharus fortis (59063) Pisania fortis (222659 222660)