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Aesopus chrysalloides (cocoon dovesnail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Amycla chrysalloidea was named by Carpenter (1863). It is extant.

It was recombined as Columbella chrysalloidea by Tryon (1883); it was recombined as Astyris chrysalloidea by Keep (1888); it was recombined as Columbella (Aesopus) chrysalloidea by Williamson (1892), Arnold (1903); it was recombined as Aesopus chrysalloideus by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Aesopus chrysalloides by Dall (1921), Hendy (2021).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. cumingii, A. metcalfei, A. peculiaris, A. perculiaris, A. stearnsii, A. metcalfei, A. proctorae, A. proctorae
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2021-10-11

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Amycla chrysalloidea Carpenter p. 613
1883Columbella chrysalloidea Tryon p. 135 figs. Pl. 50, FIg. 42
1888Astyris chrysalloidea Keep p. 36
1892Columbella (Aesopus) chrysalloidea Williamson p. 213
1903Columbella (Aesopus) chrysalloidea Arnold p. 237
1918Aesopus idae Bartsch pp. 79 - 80
1921Aesopus chrysalloides Dall p. 105
1931Aesopus chrysalloideus Grant, IV and Gale p. 703
1931Aesopus idae Grant, IV and Gale p. 704
2021Aesopus chrysalloides Hendy

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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)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusAesopusGould 1860
specieschrysalloides(Carpenter 1863)

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.

Aesopus chrysalloides Carpenter 1863 [cocoon dovesnail]
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Invalid names: Aesopus idae Bartsch 1918 [synonym]
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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Middle Pleistocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 0.77400 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Aesopus idae (138723) Columbella chrysalloidea (222663 222664)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Aesopus chrysalloides (96936) Columbella chrysalloidea (222660)