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Cryptaulax

Gastropoda - Cryptaulacidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Xystrella Cossmann
1965Procerithium (Xystrella) Cox
1974Cryptaulax (Xystrella) Gründel
1999Xystrella Nützel and Senowbari-Daryan p. 110
2002Cryptaulax Nützel pp. 57 - 58
2002Cryptaulax Sepkoski
2002Xystrella Sepkoski
2004Cryptaulax Kaim p. 31
2012Cryptaulax Ferrari p. 325
2013Cryptaulax Schulbert and Nützel p. 740

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyCryptaulacidaeGründel 1976
genusCryptaulax

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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†Cryptaulax abcisum Terquem and Piette 1868
†Cryptaulax armatum Goldfuss 1843
†Cryptaulax bittneri Kittl 1894
†Cryptaulax convexa Nützel et al. 2003
†Cryptaulax damboreneae Ferrari 2009
†Cryptaulax echinata Buch 1831
†Cryptaulax gratum Terquem 1855
†Cryptaulax inaequelineata Nützel and Senowbari-Daryan 1999
†Cryptaulax kulickii Schröder 1995
†Cryptaulax mutabilis Gerasimov 1955
†Cryptaulax pelsae Dominici 2024
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Invalid names: Cerithium tortile Hebert and Deslongchamps 1860 [replaced]
Cryptaulax quenstedti Walther 1951
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Invalid names: Cryptaulax (Xystrella) donosum Gründel 1974 [synonym]
†Cryptaulax redelii Ferrari 2012
Cryptaulax shiptonensis Cox and Arkell 1950
†Cryptaulax slatteri Tate 1870
†Cryptaulax tricuspis Schröder 1995
†Cryptaulax variformatum Bandel 1994
†Cryptaulax wawalensis Kaim 2004
Invalid names: Xystrella Cossmann 1906 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height254.562.1316.04.073.13

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:17:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:17:16
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Longobardian to the top of the Albian or 239.48000 to 100.50000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 237.0 Ma

Collections (182 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian241.464 - 237.0Peru Promathildia bittneri (206478)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy C. pelsae (236004 236005) C. sp., C. pelsae (236003)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Promathildia bittneri (144632)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Iran (Isfahan) C. inaequelineata (138967)
Norian227.3 - 205.7Iran C. convexa (98644)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7Iran Xystrella inaequelineata (37959)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Idaho) C. sp., C. nezperceorum, C. wallowaensis, C. acutus, C. gruendeli, C. rhabdocolpoides (38377)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Peru C. rhabdocolpoides (68096) C. tilarniocensis (68116)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Austria (Vienna) C. sp. (233865)
Angulata201.4 - 199.5France (Lorraine) Cerithium gratum (53947)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9United Kingdom C. abcisum (118018)
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5China (Xizang) Procerithium sp. (61425)
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Xystrella protortile (13861)
Bucklandi199.5 - 192.9Germany (Baden-Württemberg) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2 (90446)
Oxynotum199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom C. gratum (118019)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Peru C. variformatum (36961)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (Bavaria) Xystrella sp. (23850 23851 23854 23855 23856 23860) Xystrella sp. 1 (23849)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany Xystrella sp. (23815 23816 23818 23839 23840 23844 23846)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom C. slatteri (118048 118049 118051)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (England) C. slatteri (118059)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Procerithium slatteri (204124 204125 204126)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany C. johanni (159446)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian - Early/Lower Toarcian192.9 - 182.9Argentina (Chubut) C. damboreneae (133013 133014 204711) C. redelii (133006)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Procerithium sp. (204115)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Argentina (Chubut) C. damboreneae (133009 133010 133011 133012)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9United Kingdom C. slatteri (118022)
Falciferum184.2 - 182.9Argentina (Mendoza) C. damboreneae (149774)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7France C. armata (51608)
Toarcian - Aalenian184.2 - 170.9Germany C. armatum (58223 58225 58313)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Procerithium sp. (204110 204111 204112)
Thouarsense180.4 - 174.7Luxembourg C. sp. (141390)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.4 - 170.9France C. armata (51501)
Early/Lower Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Germany C. armatum (58237)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Switzerland C. armata (35801 35835 35836)
Sauzei170.9 - 168.2Morocco Xystrella diplorhysum (97894)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland C. armata (63076) C. quenstedti (67616)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Tanzania C. bussagensis (36431)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Normandy) C. pentagonatum (38738)
Early/Lower Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland C. quenstedti (67615)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland C. donosum (58268) C. sp. (141287 141288 141289)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Germany C. protortile (58242)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Chile C. sp. (58725)
Middle Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland C. shiptonensis, C. quenstedti, C. echinata (63077) C. sp. (141266 141267 141270 141271 141272 141273 141274 141275 141279 141293 141294 141295 141298 141299 141300 141301 141302 141303) C. sp. 1, C. sp. 2, C. quenstedti, C. armata (63058)
Middle Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland C. sp. 1 (63081)
Bathonian - Callovian168.2 - 161.5Germany C. donosum (58247) C. sp. (58211 58346 58357)
Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Germany C. donosum (58347) C. sp. (58258 58304 58380)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Germany C. sp., C. donosum (58334)
Middle Bathonian - Middle Callovian168.2 - 161.5Germany C. sp. (58377 58402)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany C. donosum (58256) C. protortile (58375) C. sp. (58203 58220 58251 58307)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India C. sp. (61521 61533 63242) Procerithium sp. (67622)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Procerithium protortile (100389)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India C. sp. (62155)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany C. donosum (58361) C. protortile (58344 58376) C. sp. (58241 58396)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland C. donosum (58262) C. sp. (58266)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India C. sp. (61667 61733 67582 68497) C. sp., Procerithium sp. (68598) Procerithium sp. (61672)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Poland C. sp. 3, C. quenstedti, C. echinata, C. mutabilis (63064)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Xystrella protortile (13584 13589 13677 31078)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Xystrella protortile (13856 13867)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Xystrella insculpta, Xystrella struckmanni (11085) Xystrella struckmanni (11084)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Lodzkie) Procerithium kulickii (64853 64855 64856 64857 64858 64859 64860 64866 64868 64869 64870 64871 64872 64874 64875 64876) Procerithium kulickii, Xystrella sp. (64854)
Late/Upper Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Lodzkie) Procerithium kulickii, Xystrella sp. (64852) Procerithium tricuspis (64834 64835 64836 64837 64838 64839 64840) Procerithium tricuspis, Xystrella sp. (64841 64842 64843 64844 64845) Xystrella sp. (64846 64847 64848 64849 64850 64851)
Valanginian - Hauterivian137.05 - 125.77China (Xizang) C. sp. (61419)
Late/Upper Barremian125.77 - 121.4France (Drôme) C. sp. (177726)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Hungary C. angustatum (74891)