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Calicantharus kettlemanensis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Thais kettlemanensis was named by Arnold (1909). Its type specimen is USNM 165585, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Kelletia (Kelletia) kettlemanensis by Grant and IV and Gale (1931); it was recombined as Calicantharus kettlemanensis by Addicott (1970).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. fortis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Thais kettlemanensis Arnold pp. 69 - 70 figs. Plate XV, figure 4; Plate XXI, figures 1 and la.
1931Kelletia (Kelletia) kettlemanensis Grant, IV and Gale p. 644
1970Calicantharus kettlemanensis Addicott p. 94 figs. Plate 11, Figure 30

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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)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusCalicantharusRöding 1798
specieskettlemanensis()

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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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 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 23.04000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Thais kettlemanensis (206370)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333USA (California) Calicantharus kettlemanensis (195120 195300)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333USA (California) Thais kettlemanensis (216867 216869 216901)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) Calicantharus kettlemanensis (194801 194803 194806 194891 194895 195032 195037)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Thais kettlemanensis (206368 206373)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Thais kettlemanensis (215294 215435 216864 216906)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Calicantharus kettlemanensis (238421 238435 238436 238437 238609 238616 238621)