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Cryptoconus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae

Taxonomy
Cryptoconus was named by Koenen (1867) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u T Eo-u].

It was reranked as Pleurotoma (Cryptoconus) by Noetling (1895).

It was assigned to Pleurotoma by Noetling (1895); to Cryptoconinae by Sohl (1964) and Squires (1987); to Turridae by Squires (1988); to Conidae by Vredenburg (1921) and Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Cryptoconus Koenen
1895Pleurotoma (Cryptoconus) Noetling p. 41
1921Cryptoconus Vredenburg p. 133
1964Cryptoconus Sohl p. 286
1987Cryptoconus Squires p. 50
1988Cryptoconus Squires p. 17
1995Cryptoconus Pacaud and Le Renard
2002Cryptoconus 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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyConidaeFleming 1822
genusCryptoconusKoenen 1867

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. †Cryptoconus Koenen 1867
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†Cryptoconus carinatus Martin 1933
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:46
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:46
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 72.10000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) C. macnairyensis (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) C. macnairyensis (205445)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium C. alphonsi (22931)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) C. priscus, C. glabratus, C. amphiconus (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Picardie) C. lineolatus (178083)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) C. lineolatus (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) C. priscus (42636 42639)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France C. priscus, C. labiatus, C. filosus, C. elongatus (78567)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Kyustendil) C. filosus (102407)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy C. filosus, C. elongatus, C. priscus (78565) C. filosus, C. lineolatus (78617)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) C. priscus (42640)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy C. filosus (81044)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) C. filosus (102287)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia C. rembangensis (70085)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Indonesia (Sulawesi Tenggara) C. carinatus (109175)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) C. carpenterianus (222998)