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Heilprinia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Heilprinia was named by Grabau (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 4]. It is extant. Its type is Fusus caloosaensis.

It was reranked as Fusinus (Heilprinia) by Oldroyd (1925), Olsson and Harbison (1953) and DuBar (1958).

It was assigned to Fusinus by Oldroyd (1925), Olsson and Harbison (1953) and DuBar (1958); to Fasciolariidae by Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fusininae by Snyder (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Heilprinia Grabau
1925Fusinus (Heilprinia) Oldroyd p. 11
1953Fusinus (Heilprinia) Olsson and Harbison p. 218
1958Fusinus (Heilprinia) DuBar p. 193
1987Heilprinia Ward and Blackwelder p. 132
2002Heilprinia Sepkoski
2003Heilprinia Snyder p. 19

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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)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFusininaeSwainson 1840
genusHeilpriniaGrabau 1900

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. Heilprinia Grabau 1900
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†Heilprinia caloosaensis Heilprin 1887
†Heilprinia caloosaensis malcolmi Ward and Blackwelder 1987
†Heilprinia dalli Mansfield 1930
Heilprinia lindae Petuch 1987
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 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Pliocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 3.60000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 2.588 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Fusinus caloosaensis (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) Fusinus caloosaensis (59484) Fusinus dalli (59488 80037) H. carolinensis (79959) H. dalli (35029) H. gunteri, H. carolinensis, H. dalli (79960) H. hasta (79875)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) H. carolinensis (96536)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) H. caloosaensis (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Fusinus caloosaensis (41501 69029 79331) H. caloosaensis (79786)