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Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Patella trochiformis was named by Gmelin (1791). It is extant.

It was recombined as Turbo trochiformis by Born (1778); it was recombined as Calyptraea trochiformis by Lamarck (1804), Dall (1892), Clark (1895) and Kellum (1926); it was recombined as Infundibulum trochiformis by Lea (1833); it was recombined as Calyptraea (Trochatella) trochiformis by d'Orbigny (1841); it was recombined as Xenophora trochiformis by Harris and Palmer (1947); it was recombined as Trochatella trochiformis by Lecointre (1950); it was recombined as Trochita trochiformis by Woodring (1957) and Stanton (1966); it was recombined as Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis by Grant and Gale (1931), Vokes (1975) and Okan and Hosgor (2009).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Turbo trochiformis Born p. 355 figs. pl. 29, figs. 1, 2
1791Patella trochiformis Gmelin
1804Calyptraea trochiformis Lamarck p. 385 figs. pl. 15, fig. 3
1833Infundibulum trochiformis Lea
1841Calyptraea (Trochatella) trochiformis d'Orbigny p. 461
1892Calyptraea trochiformis Dall p. 352
1895Calyptraea trochiformis Clark p. 4
1926Calyptraea trochiformis Kellum p. 39
1931Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis Grant and Gale p. 795
1947Xenophora trochiformis Harris and Palmer p. 258
1950Trochatella trochiformis Lecointre p. 240
1957Trochita trochiformis Woodring p. 81
1966Trochita trochiformis Stanton, Jr. p. 33 figs. Pl. 7, fig. 8
1975Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis Vokes p. 163
2009Calyptraea (Trochita) trochiformis Okan and Hosgor p. 10

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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
speciestrochiformis(Gmelin 1791)

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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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 58.70000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Calyptraea trochiformis (84048)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Costa Rica Calyptraea trochiformis (77791)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama Trochita trochiformis (42578 42580)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama Trochita trochiformis (42607 42608)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama Trochita trochiformis (42606)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Trochita trochiformis (145337)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Chile Trochita trochiformis (68781)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chile Trochita trochiformis (142300)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Chile (Coquimbo) Trochita trochiformis (222333)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco Calyptra trochiformis (127581)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco Calyptra trochiformis (127571 127586)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Calyptraea trochiformis (96672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) Calyptraea trochiformis (43708 43711)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru Calyptraea trochiformis (76643)