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Calpensia

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Microporidae

Taxonomy
Calpensia is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Calpensiidae.

It was assigned to Calpensiidae by Bassler (1953), Pouyet (2000); to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Microporidae by Bock (2006).

Species
C. nobilis
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. caribensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Calpensia Bassler p. G171
2000Calpensia Pouyet
2002Calpensia Sepkoski
2006Calpensia Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
—Lophophorata
RankNameAuthor
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
suborderFlustrina(Smitt 1868)
superfamilyMicroporoideaGray 1848
familyMicroporidaeHincks 1880
genusCalpensia

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.

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Calpensia nobilis Esper 1796
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: intermediate Mg calcitef
Composition 2: aragonitef
Environment: marineuc
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Brooding: yeso
Created: 2008-02-26 05:48:43
Modified: 2008-02-27 08:26:23
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class, uc = unranked clade
References: Smith et al. 2006, Nesnidal et al. 2013

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Gelasian or 33.90000 to 1.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Oman (Dhofar) C. sp. (175334)
Aquitanian - Burdigalian23.04 - 15.98Colombia C. caribensis (211330)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Portugal C. sp. (155023 155025)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Czechia C. gracilis (178898)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Romania C. gracilis (178089)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Hungary C. gracilis (34739)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Cyprus C. nobilis (34690)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain C. nobilis (177482 177485 177486)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria C. nobilis (69864 70785)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta C. nobilis (140979 141546 141551) C. sp. (141544)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Morocco C. nobilis (34724)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) C. nobilis (122994)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Spain C. nobilis (177489)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Greece C. gracilis (71243)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy C. nobilis (146291 146292 146293)