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Spirocolpus

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Spirocolpus was named by Finlay (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Mi-l-l Sepkoski's reference number: 728,899].

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

Species
S. carsoni, S. tophina
Species lacking formal opinion data
S. imparicinctus, S. tophinus, S. waihaoensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Spirocolpus Finlay
1990Spirocolpus Beu et al. p. 407
1996Spirocolpus Allmon p. 10
2002Spirocolpus Sepkoski
2006Spirocolpus 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
genusSpirocolpusFinlay 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. †Spirocolpus Finlay 1926
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†Spirocolpus carsoni Finlay and Marwick 1937
†Spirocolpus tophina Marwick 1926
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: base of the Santonian to the top of the Tortonian or 86.30000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (28 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) S. meadii (47109)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand S. carsoni (64699) S. imparicinctus (64704) S. n. sp. (64701)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3New Zealand (Canterbury) S. sp. (50161)
Bortonian42.6 - 39.1New Zealand S. sp. (64737)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand S. tophinus (64750 67590) S. tophinus, S. waihaoensis (64730) S. waihaoensis (67587 67588 67589)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand (Canterbury) S. waihaoensis (50149)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand S. tophinus (67839) S. waihaoensis (4886 67591)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) Turritella tophina (205813)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9New Zealand (Canterbury) S. waihaoensis (45041)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Australia (Victoria) S. aldingae (71236)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Central Otago) S. sp. (35115)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Australia (Victoria) S. aldingae (71237)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Southland) S. tophinus, S. sp. (50784)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand S. n. sp. (67595) S. sp. (67845)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Argentina (Río Negro) S. adapicis (179578)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Argentina (Río Negro) S. adapicis (179580)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina S. pyramidesia (41478)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) S. feruglioi (42149)