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Cristispira

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Cristispira was named by Allison (1965). Its type is Cristispira pugetensis.

It was assigned to Turritellinae by Titova (1994), Allmon (1996); and to Turritellidae by DeVries (2007), Devries (2019).

Species
C. caballasensis, C. cochleiformis, C. paracasensis, C. pugetensis (type species)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. pracasensis
Entered
by A. Hendy on 2007-03-12; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1965Cristispira Allison
1994Cristispira Titova p. 321
1996Cristispira Allmon p. 10
2007Cristispira DeVries p. 338
2019Cristispira Devries p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
genusCristispiraAllison 1965

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.

G. †Cristispira Allison 1965
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†Cristispira caballasensis Devries 2019
†Cristispira paracasensis Rivera 1957
†Cristispira pugetensis Allison 1965
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Oligocene or 59.24000 to 27.30000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Canada (Yukon) C. pugetensis (41535)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Peru C. caballasensis (205241)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.03Peru C. paracasensis (219133) C. pracasensis (219132)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Peru Turritella cochleiformis (93758)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71USA (Washington) C. pugetensis (43341 43347)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71Peru (Ica) Turritella paracasensis (84680) Turritella paracasensis, C. paracasensis (84674)
Middle Eocene48.07 - 37.71USA (Alaska) Turritella uvasana (193093)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Peru C. paracasensis (80431 80433)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Peru Turritella cochleiformis (98346)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Peru (Ica) Turritella cochleiformis (100331)
Priabonian - Rupelian37.71 - 27.3Peru Turritella cochleiformis (219109) Turritella paracasensis (206257)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3Peru C. cochleiformis (80455 80459 80460 80461) Turritella paracasensis (41621)