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Cochlespiropsis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy

Cochlespiropsis was named by Casey (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was assigned to Turridae by Squires (2001); to Turriculinae by Schnetler (2001); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

C. jenkinsi

Species lacking formal opinion data

C. engonata

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1904	Cochlespiropsis Casey
2001	Cochlespiropsis Schnetler p. 62
2001	Cochlespiropsis Squires p. 11
2002	Cochlespiropsis Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Conoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Turridae	Swainson 1840
genus	Cochlespiropsis	Casey 1904

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. †Cochlespiropsis Casey 1904

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†Cochlespiropsis jenkinsi Squires 2001

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
K. I. Schnetler 2001	Cochlespiropsis Casey 1904 sensu Powell (1966, p. 42, plate 5, fig. 7) also has a paucispiral protoconch. The aperture is long and narrowly pyriform and the canal is twisted and weakly notched.

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

carnivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:09:25

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:09:25

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Bartonian or 48.07000 to 37.71000 Ma

Collections (4 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Ypresian - Lutetian	56.0 - 41.03	USA (California)	C. jenkinsi (8011)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (Mississippi)	C. engonata (99673)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (California)	C. jenkinsi (8012)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Texas)	C. engonata (90886)