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Pisania (Celatoconus)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae

Taxonomy
Celatoconus was named by Conrad (1863) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo T Mi-m Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Pisania (Celatoconus) by Martin (1904), Gardner (1948); it was reranked as Metula (Celatoconus) by Palmer (1923).

It was assigned to Metula by Palmer (1923); to Pisania by Martin (1904), Gardner (1948); to Buccinidae by Petuch (1988); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1863Celatoconus Conrad p. 566
1904Pisania (Celatoconus) Martin p. 187
1923Metula (Celatoconus) Palmer p. 294
1948Pisania (Celatoconus) Gardner p. 237
1988Celatoconus Petuch p. 41
2002Celatoconus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyBuccinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPisaniaBivona-Bernardi 1832
subgenusCelatoconus(Conrad 1863)

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.

Subg. Pisania (Celatoconus) Conrad 1863
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†Celatoconus asheri Petuch 1988
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:10:04
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:10:04
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.77400 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Austria (Salzburg) Metula reticularis (84335)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07USA (California) Metula vacavillensis (201621)
Ypresian56.0 - 48.07Pakistan Celatoconus punjabensis (183845)
Bartonian41.03 - 37.71Spain Metula sp. (141924)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (Virginia) Celatoconus nux (96535)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (Florida) Celatoconus nux (79960)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (North Carolina) Pisania nux (59307)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774USA (North Carolina) Pisania nux (59316)