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Caricella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Caricella was named by Conrad (1835) [Sepkoski's age data: K Sn T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 4,700]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Volutidae by Wenz (1938) and Harris and Palmer (1947); to Scaphellinae by Darragh (1989); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Caricella Conrad
1938Caricella Wenz p. 1352
1947Caricella Harris and Palmer p. 394
1989Caricella Darragh p. 216
2002Caricella 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
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyScaphellinaeAdams and Adams 1858
genusCaricellaConrad 1835

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. †Caricella Conrad 1835
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†Caricella bolaris Conrad 1833
†Caricella demissa Conrad 1848
†Caricella howei Harris and Palmer 1947
†Caricella ogilviana Maury 1912
†Caricella perpinguis Maury 1912
†Caricella polita Conrad 1854
†Caricella pyruloides Conrad 1832
†Caricella stormsiana Dickerson 1913
†Caricella subangulata Conrad 1854
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height115.5

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Serravallian or 99.60000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (181 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian - Cenomanian105.3 - 93.9Egypt C. sp. (150677)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Egypt C. sp. (140613)
Coniacian - Santonian89.8 - 83.6Egypt C. stromboides (114825 114908)
Late/Upper Coniacian89.3 - 85.8Egypt C. stromboides (114804)
Early/Lower Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Egypt C. stromboides (114806)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) C. sp. (86459)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) C. leana (98410)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France C. sp. (20816)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Alabama) C. sp. (85562 85563)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) C. leana (2919 90608 205499) C. padagrina, C. demissa (205472)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) C. ludoviciana (80367)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) C. sp. A (91126)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) C. ludoviciana (98923)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) C. demissa (80621 90818) C. podagrina (85320 85322 90142 92034 92352) C. podagrina, C. demissa (90439) C. pyruloides (80495)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago C. ogilviana, C. perpinguis (80170)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) C. plicata (3113)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) C. sp. (84048)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) C. sp. A (91889)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) C. dolita (35080) C. heilprini (80767 80776 80785 91719 91868 92375) C. sp. (80779 205272)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) C. heilprini (89949)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Virginia) C. sp. A (91861)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (California) C. stormsiana (122337 122339)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) C. sp. (83801 83802)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. turneri (191908)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (New Jersey) C. plicata (91759)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (South Carolina) C. sp., C. pyruloides (52344)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) C. bolaris (81241) C. cherokeensis (81209 81224)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) C. cherokeensis (98805 205527) C. cherokeensis, C. sp. (205454) C. reticulata (205539) C. sp. (205442 205503 205537) C. sp., C. subangulata (205440)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) C. pyruloides (2414 99673)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Japan C. fosteri (41585)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (New Jersey) C. lelia, C. ponderosa, C. vesta (91760)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. fenestra (1286) C. sp. (1293)
Lutetian - Priabonian47.8 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. subangulata (1418)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) C. sp. (5366 5436 5437) C. sp. B (91736 91737)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) C. pyruloides (92378 92487) C. sp. (5344)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) C. demissa (2434 2438) C. polita (205526) C. polita, C. howei (205498) C. pyruloides (2437) C. sp. C, C. stenzeli (90709) C. sp., C. stenzeli (205508) C. stenzeli (2446 2449 2451 90707 91050) C. stenzeli, C. pyruloides (99736) C. subangulata (3532 91097 91099 92393 99632 99634 99675 205535) C. subangulata, C. polita (90471 90643 90704) C. turneri, C. subangulata, C. polita, C. howei (164232)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Arkansas) C. subangulata (99180)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) C. cherokeensis (90886) C. cherokeensis, C. sp. (205422) C. cherokeensis, C. stenzeli (90454) C. demissa (99026 205265 205477 205531) C. pyruloides, C. demissa (205271 205410 205485) C. sp. (205267 205480 205481 205484 205486)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) C. demissa (92347) C. howei (91115 92157 191922) C. polita (3534) C. sp. (44408 44518) C. stenzeli (92348) C. subangulata (92303 100147) C. subangulata, C. polita, C. howei (205501) C. turneri (90305) C. turneri, C. subangulata, C. howei (92374)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) C. bolaris (5318 5332) C. bolaris, C. pyruloides (5320 5322 205438) C. claibornensis, C. doliata, C. praetenuis, C. bolaris, C. pyruloides (81266 90600) C. doliata, C. sp., C. bolaris, C. pyruloides (205489) C. pyruloides (5311 5330 81275 81278 81282 98272) C. stenzeli (2454 90469)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. subangulata (99762)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Japan C. fosteri (179914)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Arkansas) C. subangulata (91052 91085)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Trinidad and Tobago C. sp. (80172)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) C. howei (98689) C. sp. (32925) C. subangulata (92300)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) C. obsoleta (41453 61109 92391)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. howei (6802) C. subangulata (98464)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) C. subangulata, C. polita (208935)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) C. pyruloides (92432)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) C. demissa (6005 7111 66309 66316 66317 66318 84137 177590 179354) C. reticulata (5501 5612 5779 5787 5788 5867 74083)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) C. florea (43049) C. florea, C. pycnoplecta (111204) C. pycnoplecta (42813 42870 136943)