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Neptunea (Sulcosipho)

Gastropoda - Neptuneidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Sulcosipho Dall
1929Chrysodomus (Sulcosipho) Waterfall p. 87
1931Neptunea (Sulcosipho) Grant, IV and Gale p. 658
2002Sulcosipho Sepkoski
2020Neptunea (Sulcosipho) Hendy

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
familyNeptuneidaeStimpson 1865
genusNeptuneaRöding 1798
subgenusSulcosipho(Dall 1916)

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. Neptunea (Sulcosipho) Dall 1916
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Neptunea (Sulcosipho) eatoni Grant, IV and Quayle 1934
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Invalid names: Chrysodomus (Ancistrolepis) unicus Pilsbry 1905 [synonym]
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Invalid names: Chrysodomus gettysburgensis Reagan 1909 [synonym]
Neptunea (Sulcosipho) tabulata Baird 1863 [tabled whelk]
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Invalid names: Buccinum stocki Howe 1922 [synonym], Chrysodomus bairdi Dall 1909 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 15.98000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 11.63 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63USA (Alaska) Neptunea tabulata (37385)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63USA (California) Neptunea eatoni (207917)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.63 - 3.6USA (California) Neptunea tabulata (37551)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus bairdi (71148)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6United Kingdom (England) Nassa angulata (84756)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Chrysodomus lawsoni, Chrysodomus scotiaensis (220035) Chrysodomus tabulatus (220030) Neptunea tabulata, Neptunea lawsoni, Neptunea scotiaensis (96885)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) Neptunea tabulata (214271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Neptunea tabulata (96571 200398)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (186031) Neptunea stantoni (189542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Belgium Neptunea angulata (179048 179079)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.774USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus tabulatus (71107)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (California) Neptunea tabulata (38042 168757 231899)
Pleistocene2.58 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Chrysodomus tabulatus (71142)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (207886 222663 222664 222665 222666 222976 222979 222992 222995 222998) Neptunea tabulata (96894 202634 202636 202637 202639 202642 202643 202644 202645 202648 202968 202972 202990 203108 203113 203114 222935 222938 223309 223327)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Chrysodomus tabulatus (222674) Neptunea tabulata (59063 160361)