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Amphissa

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Amphissa was named by Adams and Adams (1853) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol R Sepkoski's reference number: 122,123]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pyrenidae by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Durham (1944); to Columbellidae by Abbott (1974); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1853Amphissa Adams and Adams
1931Amphissa Grant, IV and Gale p. 700
1944Amphissa Durham p. 169
1974Amphissa Abbott pp. 194, 202
2002Amphissa Sepkoski

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
familyPyrenidaeSuter 1909
genusAmphissaAdams and Adams 1853

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. Amphissa Adams and Adams 1853
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Amphissa acutecostata Philippi 1844
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Invalid names: Anachis major Locard 1897 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Buccinum corrugatum Reeve 1847 [replaced]
Amphissa lineata Stearns 1872
Amphissa undata Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Amphissa ventricosa Arnold 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 41.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 37.71 Ma

Collections (80 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71USA (Washington) A. packardi (207129)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) A. pulchrilineata (180405)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Spain A. acutecostata (56687)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) A. sp. (208580)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) A. reticulata (200398 200403) A. sp. (239470)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) A. sp. (189542) A. versicolor, A. corrugata (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (California) A. sp. (237590)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) A. versicolor (189767 189768 189769)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) A. versicolor (168757 202495 202496 223033 231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) A. versicolor (223075)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (California) A. versicolor (201624)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) A. versicolor (96590 96592 96593)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) A. corrugata (71142)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) A. columbiana (37940) A. versicolor (37933 37936 37937 37938 37939 37941 37943 37946 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) A. columbiana (222979 222993 222998) A. corrugata (207886 222665) A. reticulata (202632 202633 202634 202636 202637 203108 223327) A. reticulata, A. ventricosa, A. columbiana (96894) A. versicolor (138723 202492 202493 202494 203095 223329 223525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) A. corrugata (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) A. columbiana (37672 37673 222949) A. corrugata (222674) A. variegata (202936) A. versicolor (96566 202490 222659 226458) A. versicolor, A. columbiana (96895) A. versicolor, A. corrugata (222660 222661 222662) A. versicolor, A. reticulata (160361) A. versicolor, A. reticulata, A. undata (59063)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) A. versicolor (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico A. versicolor (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643 67644 226464 226467)