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Maoricolpus

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Maoricolpus was named by Finlay (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant. Its type is Turritella rosea.

It was assigned to Turritellidae by Beu et al. (1990); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turritellinae by Wilson (1993), Allmon (1996) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Maoricolpus Finlay
1990Maoricolpus Beu et al. p. 407
1993Maoricolpus Wilson p. 139
1996Maoricolpus Allmon p. 10
2002Maoricolpus Sepkoski
2006Maoricolpus Rosenberg et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusMaoricolpusFinlay 1926

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. Maoricolpus Finlay 1926
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Maoricolpus doni Marwick 1971
Maoricolpus horni Marwick 1971
Maoricolpus murrayana Tate 1885
Maoricolpus ongleyi Marwick 1931
Maoricolpus rosea Quoy and Gaimard 1834
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Oligocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 28.40000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand M. cavershamensis (67847 67849) M. sp. (67845 67854 67855 67864)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Central Otago) M. cavershamensis, M. sp. (35127) M. sp. (35126 35129 35130)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44New Zealand M. waitemataensis (146343)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Turritella murrayana (72208)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) M. cavershamensis (35660)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Turritella murrayana (72221)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Western Australia) Turritella murrayana (70724)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand M. cavershamensis (67823 67827) M. ongleyi (67824)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand (Auckland) M. sp. (84915)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand M. cavershamensis (67822 67896 67898 67899 67900) M. cavershamensis, M. n. sp. (67897)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Torcula murrayana (72206) Turritella murrayana (72209 72210)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Zealand (Wellington) M. roseus (94818)