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Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) Olsson
1989Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) Jung p. 159
2001Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) Todd
2005Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) Monsecour and Monsecour p. 73

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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
subfamilyPyreninae
genusCotonopsisOlsson 1942
subgenusCotonopsisOlsson 1942

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. †Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) Olsson 1942
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Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) deroyae Emerson and d'Atillio 1969
Cotonopsis (Cotonopsis) lafresnayi Fischer and Bernardi 1857
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Invalid names: Columbella saintpairiana Caillet 1864 [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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Zanclean to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador Cotonopsis esmeraldas (131335 131336) Cotonopsis esmeraldas, Strombina esmeraldensis (131332 131333 131334) Cotonopsis esmeraldensis (131293 131299)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Strombina esmeraldensis (60771)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Cotonopsis sp. (135832)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Costa Rica Cotonopsis panacostaricensis (66790)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58Panama (Bocas) Cotonopsis sp. (61336 135885)
Early/Lower Pleistocene (interglacial)2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Anachis lafresnayi (211029 211181 211182 211183)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Anachis lafresnayi (60986 60987 60988 60989)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Anachis lafresnayi (57702 57705)