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Crassispira (Crassispira)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Pseudomelatomidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Crassispira (Crassispira) Swainson
1970Crassispira (Crassispira) Woodring p. 377
2001Crassispira (Crassispira) Todd
2008Crassispira (Crassispira) Landau et al. p. 456

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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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyPseudomelatomidae(McLearn 1971)
genusCrassispiraSwainson 1840
subgenusCrassispiraSwainson 1840

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.

Subg. Crassispira (Crassispira) Swainson 1840
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Calabrian or 48.07000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) Crassispira semicolon (8124)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Crassispira sp. (61334 79783 79785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas) Crassispira sp. (61350)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Crassispira faceta (60415) Crassispira factea (60412)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Pleurotoma semicolon (84763)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Crassispira sp. (74965)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Crassispira sp. (61345 79858)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58United Kingdom (England) Pleurotoma semicolon (84759)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica Crassispira aegis (69089 69093) Crassispira lomata, Crassispira annella, Crassispira aegis (58522) Crassispira sp. (69090)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Crassispira lomata (131210) Crassispira sp. 1 (79710)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Costa Rica (Limon) Crassispira sp. (79800)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Crassispira sp. (79771 79999)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Panama (Bocas) Crassispira sp. (61338)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) Crassispira sp. (79844 79845)