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Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus

Gastropoda - Eucyclidae

Taxonomy
Calliomphalus americanus was named by Wade (1926). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dave Weeks place, Coon Creek, which is in a Campanian coastal sandstone in the Ripley Formation of Tennessee.

It was recombined as Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus by Sohl (1960).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Calliomphalus americanus Wade
1960Calliomphalus (Calliomphalus) americanus Sohl p. 54 figs. Pl 5, figs 1-10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilySeguenzioideaVerril 1884
familyEucyclidaeKoken 1896
genusCalliomphalusCossmann 1888
subgenusCalliomphalus
speciesamericanus(Wade 1926)

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 mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:46:29
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Calliomphalus americanus (7513)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) Calliomphalus americanus (6171 6172 6176)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) Calliomphalus americanus (type locality: 88357)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) Calliomphalus americanus (7467)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Calliomphalus americanus (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Calliomphalus americanus (4102 4111 7476 7478 7586 7590 7591 7592 7593 7602)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Calliomphalus americanus (4269)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Calliomphalus americanus (4238 4248 4252 4259 4286)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Calliomphalus americanus (4175 4201 4211 4237)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) Calliomphalus americanus (4347 4355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Calliomphalus americanus (4377)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Calliomphalus americanus (4426 4441 4448 4453 4460 4490 4511)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Calliomphalus americanus (4106 4125 4127 4170 4172)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Calliomphalus americanus (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Calliomphalus americanus (7506 7597 7599)