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Zeacolpus

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Zeacolpus was named by Finlay (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 681]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Turritellinae by Wilson (1993), Allmon (1996), Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Turritellidae by Beu et al. (1990), Darragh (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Zeacolpus Finlay
1990Zeacolpus Beu et al. p. 407
1993Zeacolpus Wilson p. 140
1996Zeacolpus Allmon p. 10
2002Zeacolpus Sepkoski
2005Zeacolpus Bouchet et al. p. 186
2017Zeacolpus Darragh p. 47

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusZeacolpusFinlay 1926

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. Zeacolpus Finlay 1926
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Subg. †Zeacolpus (Leptocolpus) Finlay and Marwick 1937
Subg. Zeacolpus (Zeacolpus) Finlay 1926
†Zeacolpus bartoni Darragh and Kendrick 2008
†Zeacolpus chattonensis Marwick 1929
†Zeacolpus pukeuriensis Marwick 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Southland) Z. semiconcavus (50176 50213) Z. sp. (50216 50217)
Danian66.0 - 61.66New Zealand (Otago) Z. semiconcavus (50173 50175)
Selandian - Thanetian61.66 - 56.0New Zealand Z. matauensis (64699) Z. matauensis, Z. n. sp. (64698) Z. matauensis, Z. sp. (64697) Z. semiconcavus (64701) Z. semiconcavus, Z. sp. (64700)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Pakistan (Baluchistan) Turritella harnaiensis (101938)
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand Z. sp. (51084)
Early/Lower Eocene56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Turritella harnaiensis (77395)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Turritella harnaiensis (8675 183817 183826 183845 183855 183856 183857 183858)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03New Zealand (Canterbury) Z. sp. (50147 50161 50163)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand Z. sp. (64734)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71New Zealand Z. lornensis (64745 64746) Z. n. sp. (64732 64739 64750 67587 67588 67590) Z. sp. (64730 64741 64747 64751)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Pakistan Turritella pakistanica (183853)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Z. bartoni (179823 179824 179825)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand Z. lorensis (67839) Z. sp. (67591)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) Z. lorensis (45041) Z. sp. (45040)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Australia (Western Australia) Z. bartoni (205818 205821 205822)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04New Zealand (Waikato) Z. sp. (45006 45011)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (North Island) Z. keari, Z. wharekuriensis (204564 205949)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand Z. n. sp. (67598 67845 67846 67857)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand (Southland) Z. chattonensis (50785)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98New Zealand (Dannevirke) Z. pukeuriensis (35658)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand (North Island) Z. lawsi (176737)
Otaian21.7 - 18.7New Zealand Z. n. sp. (67824) Z. pukeuriensis (77488)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand Z. sp. (77489)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98New Zealand Z. sp. (146597)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand Z. abscisa, Z. pukeuriensis (67896) Z. n. sp. (67899) Z. n. sp., Z. abscisa (67897) Z. sp. (67902) Z. sp., Z. abscisa, Z. pukeuriensis (67898) Z. sp., Z. pukeuriensis (67900)
Kapitean7.2 - 5.333New Zealand Z. sp. (180103)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Z. sp. (45028 45031)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Zealand (Wellington) Stiracolpus sp., Z. sp. (94818)