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Sinuopea sweeti

Gastropoda - Sinuopeidae

Taxonomy
Holopea sweeti was named by Whitfield (1882). It is not extant. Its type locality is Walcott Locality 78. Quarry near St. Croix Friver, suburbs of Osceola, which is in a Trempealeauan marine sandstone in the Jordan Sandstone Formation of Wisconsin. It is the type species of Sinuopea.

It was recombined as Sinuopea sweeti by Ulrich (1911), Ulrich et al. (1931), Knight et al. (1960), Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Holopea sweeti Whitfield
1911Sinuopea sweeti Ulrich p. 630
1931Sinuopea regalis Ulrich et al.
1931Sinuopea sweeti Ulrich et al. p. 193
1931Sinuopea regalis Ulrich et al. pp. 195 - 196 figs. pl. 21 f. 3
1960Sinuopea sweeti Knight et al.
2023Sinuopea sweeti Wagner p. 137

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
familySinuopeidae
subfamilySinuopeinae
genusSinuopea
speciessweeti(Whitfield 1882)

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.

Sinuopea sweeti Whitfield 1882
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Invalid names: Sinuopea regalis Ulrich et al. 1931 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:21:47
Modified: 2009-03-04 12:21:47
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Tremadoc or 490.20000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan490.2 - 486.85USA (Wisconsin) Holopea sweeti (93598)
Tremadocian486.85 - 477.1USA (Missouri) Sinuopea regalis (154358)
Tremadoc486.4 - 477.1USA (Missouri) Sinuopea regalis (8940)