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Cotonopsis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Cotonopsis was named by Olsson (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 890]. It is extant. Its type is Strombina (Cotonopsis) panacostaricensis.

It was reranked as Strombina (Cotonopsis) by Houbrick (1983), Petuch (1988).

It was assigned to Strombina by Houbrick (1983), Petuch (1988); to Columbellidae by Jung (1989), Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pyreninae by Monsecour and Monsecour (2005).

Species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2014-03-08

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Cotonopsis Olsson p. 75
1983Strombina (Cotonopsis) Houbrick p. 349 figs. figs. 1-2
1988Strombina (Cotonopsis) Petuch p. 161
1989Cotonopsis Jung p. 158
2001Cotonopsis Todd
2002Cotonopsis Sepkoski
2005Cotonopsis Monsecour and Monsecour p. 73

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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
subfamilyPyreninae
genusCotonopsisOlsson 1942

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. Cotonopsis Olsson 1942
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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 Messinian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 7.24600 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 5.333 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) C. sp. (79846)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Strombina esmeraldensis (60771)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador C. esmeraldas (131335 131336) C. esmeraldas, Strombina esmeraldensis (131332 131333 131334) C. esmeraldensis (131293 131299)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (135832)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Strombina sp., C. panacostaricensis (66790)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) C. sp. (61336 61337 135885)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Anachis lafresnayi (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Anachis lafresnayi (211029 211181 211182 211183)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117Costa Rica C. hirundo (130840)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Anachis lafresnayi (57702 57705)