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Fissurella (Cremides)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Cremides Adams and Adams
1960Fissurella (Cremides) Knight et al. p. 230
1962Fissurella (Cremides) Weisbord p. 61
2001Fissurella (Cremides) Todd
2002Cremides Sepkoski
2016Fissurella (Cremides) Landau et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyFissurellinaeFleming 1822
genusFissurellaBruguière 1789
subgenusCremides(Adams and Adams 1854)

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.

Subg. Fissurella (Cremides) Adams and Adams 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:42:04
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:46:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 5.33300 to 2.58000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Fissurella longipora (41543)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Venezuela Fissurella angusta (131237)