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Calicantharus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Siphonaliidae

Taxonomy
Calicantharus was named by Clark (1938) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo Q Plei Sepkoski's reference number: 123].

It was reranked as Cantharus (Calicantharus) by Clark (1938).

It was assigned to Cantharus by Clark (1938); to Neptuneidae by Addicott (1970); to Buccinidae by Vermeij (1991); to Siphonaliidae by Titova (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1938Calicantharus Clark
1938Cantharus (Calicantharus) Clark
1970Calicantharus Addicott p. 91
1991Calicantharus Vermeij
1994Calicantharus Titova p. 322
2002Calicantharus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySiphonaliidae(Finlay 1928)
genusCalicantharusClark 1938

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. †Calicantharus Clark 1938
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†Calicantharus branneri Clark and Arnold 1923
†Calicantharus dalli Clark 1918
Calicantharus fortis Carpenter 1866
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Invalid names: Calicantharus angulatus Arnold 1907 [synonym]
†Calicantharus kernensis Anderson and Martin 1914
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:41:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:56:35
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Chattian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 28.10000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 23.03 Ma

Collections (70 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03USA (California) C. branneri (219758) C. dalli (72406) Searlesia dalli (122273)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Canada (British Columbia) Searlesia branneri (7738 63087)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (California) C. fortis (195078) C. kettlemanensis (195120 195300) C. sp. (194805)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (California) C. sp. (37543)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (California) C. fortis (194798 195034) C. kettlemanensis (194806 194891 195032 195037) C. kettlemanensis, C. fortis (194801 194803) C. kettlemanensis, C. fortis, C. humerosus (194895) C. sp. (194892) C. sp., C. humerosus (195029)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) C. fortis (97402) C. fortis, C. humerosus (97209 97230 97231) C. humerosus (97233 97401 97403)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) C. fortis (214258 214260 214262 214266 214267 214268 214270) C. fortis, C. humerosus (214256 214257 214259 214261)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Cantharus fortis (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) C. sp. (189542)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806USA (California) C. fortis, C. humerosus (214255)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Cantharus fortis (220007)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) C. fortis (207761 207763 214277) C. humerosus (214285) C. sp., C. fortis (207667)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) C. fortis (37934 37936 37939 37940 37941 37943 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. fortis (71053 202969 202974 203105 203108 203114) Cantharus fortis (202636 203113) Pisania fortis (222998)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Cantharus fortis (59063) Pisania fortis (222659 222660)