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Cryptorhytis

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Cryptorhytis was named by Meek (1876) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) by Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983).

It was assigned to Fusininae by Sohl (1964); to Piestochilus by Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fasciolariinae by Snyder (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Cryptorhytis Meek
1964Cryptorhytis Sohl p. 231
1983Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 107
2002Cryptorhytis Sepkoski
2003Cryptorhytis Snyder p. 18

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFasciolariinaeGray 1853
genusCryptorhytisMeek 1876

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. †Cryptorhytis Meek 1876
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†Cryptorhytis nobilis Wade 1926
†Piestochilus (Cryptorhytis) assailly Thomas and Peron 1889
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 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Cenomanian to the top of the Danian or 99.60000 to 61.60000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Mozambique C. rigida (174829)
Early/Lower Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil Piestochilus thevestensis (140888)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3Brazil (Sergipe) Piestochilus sp. (143565 143567 143711)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon C. sp. (177976 209665)
Early/Lower Santonian85.8 - 83.5Congo-Brazzaville Piestochilus thevestensis, Piestochilus bleicheri (191892)
Middle Santonian - Late/Upper Santonian85.8 - 83.5Congo-Brazzaville Piestochilus bleicheri (191893)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (Wyoming) C. cheyennensis (1633) C. sp. (1657)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Mozambique C. pseudorigida (174826)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Wyoming) C. cheyennensis (1640)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) C. torta, C. nobilis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) C. nobilis (7515)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) C. philippiana (74303)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) C. philippiana (3161) C. phillipiana (3156)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) C. philippiana (74015 74019 74029 74067 74073 74074 74084 74085)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) C. philippiana (3157 3158)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) C. philippiana (3166 3169)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Argentina (Neuquén) C. sp. A (73962)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Argentina (Neuquén) C. sp. A (73889 73905 73912 73917 73918 73919 73920 73922 73924 73925 73926 73937 73942 73990 73991 74006)