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Colwellia

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae

Taxonomy
Colwellia was named by Nuttall and Cooper (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 914,926,1248].

It was assigned to Nassariidae by Squires and Goedert (1994); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species lacking formal opinion data
C. bilineata

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1973Colwellia Nuttall and Cooper
1994Colwellia Squires and Goedert p. 18
2002Colwellia 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)
familyNassariidaeIredale 1916
genusColwelliaNuttall and Cooper 1973

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. †Colwellia Nuttall and Cooper 1973
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:08
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:50:24
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) C. sp., C. spp. (84474)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) C. sp. (84646 84649) C. sp. A, C. sp. B, C. sp. C (84651)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) C. humerosa, C. nodulina (205455 205530)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) C. bilineata (7789 83950) C. bilineata, C. sp. (84325 84337) C. sp., C. bilineata (7788)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Washington) C. sp. (5544)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) C. bilineata (205520) C. bilineata, C. sp. (205521 205533) C. sp. (205417 205436 205440 205442 205487 205503 205527)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Washington) C. bretzi (52204 203164) C. sp. (52207)