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Cheilea

Gastropoda - Hipponicidae

Taxonomy
Cheilea was named by Modeer (1793) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 899]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Calyptraeidae by Wilson (1993); to Hipponicidae by Gardner (1947), MacNeil (1960), Weisbord (1962), Ladd (1972), Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
C. equestris, C. princetonia, C. uncinata (syn. C. dryas)
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. adelaidensis, C. cicatricosa, C. dillwyni, C. equetrix, C. inexpectata, C. layardii, C. tortilis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by A. Hendy on 2013-04-30

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1793Cheilea Modeer
1947Cheilea Gardner p. 570
1960Cheilea MacNeil p. 46
1962Cheilea Weisbord p. 202
1972Cheilea Ladd p. 52
1993Cheilea Wilson p. 163
2001Cheilea Todd
2002Cheilea Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyHipponicoideaTroschel 1861
familyHipponicidaeTroschel 1861
genusCheileaModeer 1793

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. Cheilea Modeer 1793
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Cheilea equestris Linnaeus 1758 [false cup-and-saucer]
†Cheilea princetonia Brown and Pilsbry 1911
Cheilea uncinata Reeve 1858
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Invalid names: Cheilea dryas Gardner 1947 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Diet 2: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:00:55
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:00:55
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Waipawan to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 56.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 52.0 Ma

Collections (52 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Waipawan56.0 - 52.0New Zealand C. sp. (51084)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (South Carolina) C. sp. (5462 32901 52344 52348)
Late/Upper Oligocene27.3 - 23.04New Zealand C. sp. (67848 67849)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Fiji C. equestris (43207)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Florida) C. uncinata (89575 92461 92551 92556 92564)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria C. equestris (146517)
Badenian13.82 - 12.8Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) C. inexpectata (38823)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63USA (Florida) C. dryas (42870) C. uncinata (111204)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Vanuatu Mitrularia equestris (77902)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) C. adelaidensis (63432)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands C. equestris (77977)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji C. equestris (78060)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Algeria C. sp. (70860 70864 70879 70881 70886)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago C. equestris (60416)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Portugal C. equestris (152330)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58Fiji C. equestris (68180)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Mexico (Veracruz) C. equestris (92449)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Jamaica C. equestris (58522 69089 69092 69093 69094) C. equetrix (69090)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia C. tortilis (70079)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) C. equestris (200398)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Okinawa) C. equestris (42295)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) C. equestris (186031)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8Japan (Okinawa) C. layardii (42178)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) C. sp. (79842)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) C. dillwyni (89302) C. dillwyni, C. cicatricosa (89294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya C. equestris (81078 81079)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain C. equestris (128385)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan C. equestris (88886)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador C. equestris (96866 96867)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Djibouti Mitrularia equestris (96791)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica C. equestris (80407)