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Cepatia

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Cepatia was named by Gray (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m T Ol-l Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was assigned to Naticidae by Abbass (1967); to Polinicinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. cepacea, C. shazlii
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. cepacaea

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Cepatia Gray p. 60
1967Cepatia Abbass p. 75
1995Cepatia Pacaud and Le Renard
2002Cepatia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyPolinicinaeGray 1847
genusCepatiaGray 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.

G. †Cepatia Gray 1842
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†Cepatia cepacea Lamarck 1804
†Cepatia shazlii Abbass 1967
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-05-29 02:56:52
Modified: 2018-03-04 20:12:38
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Priabonian or 59.24000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Paleocene59.24 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California) C. sp. (220401)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.24 - 48.07Türkiye (Central Anatolia) C. cepacea (99342)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan C. cepacea (183928)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03Pakistan C. cepacea (183865 183935 183963 183964)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France C. cepacea (171526) Natica cepacea (184107)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03United Kingdom (England) C. cepacea (8124)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03India (Himachal Pradesh) C. cepacaea (81506)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03France (Picardie) C. cepacea (178083)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71France C. cepacea (78567)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Egypt C. shazlii (2960)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria C. cepacea (102289 103763)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Romania C. cepacea (101967 101974 102030 102032 102080)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) C. cepacea (102406)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Bulgaria (Khaskovo) C. cepacea (170995)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Germany (Bavaria) Natica cepacea (10703)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9Italy C. cepacea (78565)