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Stephanopyxis turris

Bacillariophyceae - Melosirales - Stephanopyxidaceae

Taxonomy
Cresswellia turris was named by Greville and Arnot (1857).

It was recombined as Stephanopyxis turris by Lakhanpal et al. (1976), Andrews (1976) and Tapia and Harwood (2002).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Cresswellia turris Greville
1857Cresswellia turris Greville and Arnot
1976Stephanopyxis turris Andrews p. 10
1976Stephanopyxis turris Lakhanpal et al.
2002Stephanopyxis turris Tapia and Harwood

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomProtista
phylumOchrophyta
classBacillariophyceaeHaeckel 1878
orderMelosirales
RankNameAuthor
familyStephanopyxidaceae
genusStephanopyxis
speciesturris(Greville and Arnot 1857)

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.

Stephanopyxis turris Greville and Arnot 1857
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwaterc
Diet: "photoautotroph"c
Created: 2008-03-19 02:48:18
Modified: 2008-03-19 04:48:18
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Campanian to the top of the Piacenzian or 83.60000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (87 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Nunavut) Stephanopyxis turris (57262)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Antarctica Stephanopyxis turris (57573 57574)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada (Northwest Territories) Stephanopyxis turris (57609 57611 57612 57613 57615 57617 57618 57619 57620 57621 57622 57623 57624 57625 57626 57627 57628 57629 57630 57631 57632 57633 57634 57635 57638 57639 57640 57641 57642 57643 57644 57645 57649 57650 57651 57652 57653 57654 57655 57656 57659 57660)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1Canada Stephanopyxis turris (57616 57657)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica Stephanopyxis turris (57554 57555 57556 57557 57558 57559 57560 57561 57562 57563 57564 57565 57566 57567 57568 57569 57571 57572)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Antarctica Stephanopyxis turris (57537 57538 57539 57540 57541 57542 57543 57544 57545 57546 57547 57548 57549 57550 57551 57552 57553)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Stephanopyxis turris (202259)
Aquitanian - Langhian23.03 - 13.82USA (North Carolina) Stephanopyxis turris (48887)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58India (Andaman and Nicobar Islands) Stephanopyxis turris (224619)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Maryland) Stephanopyxis turris (70546)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Stephanopyxis turris (101907)