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Spirocrypta pileum

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Trichotropidae

Taxonomy
Crypta (Spirocrypta) pileum was named by Gabb (1864). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Crypta (Spirocrypta).

It was recombined as Crypta pileum by Gabb (1864); it was recombined as Crepidula pileum by Stewart (1927), Hanna (1927), Effinger (1938), Turner (1938), Durham (1944) and Moore (1976); it was recombined as Crepidula (Spirocrypta) pileum by Schoellhamer et al. (1981); it was recombined as Spirocrypta pileum by Saul and Squires (2008).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Crypta (Spirocrypta) pileum Gabb p. 137 figs. pl. 29, figs. 233, 233a–b
1864Crypta pileum Gabb p. 137 figs. pl. 29, figs. 233, 233a–b
1922Crepidula dickersoni Weaver and Palmer
1927Crepidula pileum Hanna p. 304
1927Crepidula pileum Stewart pp. 341 - 342 figs. pl. 29, figs. 2–3
1938Crypta (Spirocrypta) pileum Clark pp. 701-702 figs. pl. 4, fig. 19
1938Crepidula pileum Effinger p. 378
1938Crepidula pileum Turner p. 90
1944Crepidula pileum Durham p. 161
1976Crepidula pileum Moore p. 31 figs. Plate 1, figures 5, 8
1981Crepidula (Spirocrypta) pileum Schoellhamer et al. p. D91
2008Spirocrypta pileum Saul and Squires pp. 131 - 132

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderNeotaenioglossaHaller 1882
suborderPtenoglossa(Gray 1853)
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyTrichotropidaeGray 1850
genusSpirocrypta()
speciespileum()

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.

†Spirocrypta pileum Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Crepidula dickersoni Weaver and Palmer 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:46:06
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:46:06
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Rupelian or 47.80000 to 28.10000 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (California) Crepidula pileum (207112 207113)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Crepidula pileum (202094)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Crepidula pileum (7275 8049)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Crepidula pileum (191188 194184 194185)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Oregon) Crepidula pileum (200861 200867 201047)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) Crepidula dickersoni (201124) Crepidula pileum (52204 52205 139020 203164 207129)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) Spirocrypta pileum (177882)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Crepidula pileum (5946)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Russian Federation Crepidula pileum (50151)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Crepidula dickersoni (202067) Crepidula pileum (40733 91606)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Oregon) Crepidula pileum (37818)