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Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Dispotaea constricta was named by Conrad (1842) [DISTRIBUTION: Early-Middle Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 371874, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Crucibulum constrictum by Dall (1892), Martin (1904), Gardner and Aldrich (1919), Mansfield (1930), Richards (1943), Gardner (1947); it was recombined as Crucibulum constricta by Ward (1993); it was recombined as Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum by Hendy et al. (2008).

Subspecies
Crucibulum constrictum conjuge
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. pileolum

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Dispotaea constricta Conrad p. 194 figs. pl. 1, fig. 2
1892Crucibulum constrictum Dall p. 150
1904Crucibulum constrictum Martin p. 246
1919Crucibulum constrictum Gardner and Aldrich p. 13
1930Crucibulum constrictum Mansfield
1943Crucibulum constrictum Richards p. 523
1947Crucibulum constrictum Gardner p. 568
1993Crucibulum constricta Ward
2008Crucibulum (Dispotaea) constrictum Hendy et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderNeotaenioglossaHaller 1882
suborderPtenoglossa(Gray 1853)
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusCrucibulumSchumacher 1817
subgenusDispotaea(Say 1824)
speciesconstrictum(Conrad 1842)

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: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-18 09:30:32
Modified: 2009-09-18 11:30:32
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 27.30000 to 2.58000 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04USA (North Carolina) Crucibulum constrictum (71652)
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (Florida) Crucibulum constrictum (60985)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) Crucibulum constrictum (42692 42813 42870 42874 42875 43011 43031 43048 68970 111204 136943)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Maryland) Crucibulum constrictum (79107 79108 79110 79353)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Crucibulum constrictum (79248)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Crucibulum constrictum (78260 78261 78262 78264 78265 78266 78268 78269 78271 79245 79709)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Crucibulum constrictum (59489)