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Colpites monilifera

Gastropoda - Naticopsidae

Discussion

Holotype presumed lost. USGS 2963 was designated a hypotype by Knight (1941).

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Taxonomy
Naticopsis monilifera was named by White (1880). Its type specimen is USGS 2963, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Colpites.

It was recombined as Pleurotomaria monilifera by Keyes (1894) and Morgan (1924); it was recombined as Angyomphalus moniliferus by Knight (1933); it was recombined as Colpites monilifera by Knight (1936) and Knight (1941).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Naticopsis monilifera White p. 168 figs. pl. 42 f. 3a-c
1881Naticopsis monilifera White p. 34 figs. pl. 3 f. 3a-d
1894Pleurotomaria monilifera Keyes p. 144
1903Naticopsis monilifera Girty p. 464
1924Pleurotomaria monilifera Morgan figs. pl. 49 f. 20
1933Angyomphalus moniliferus Knight p. 46
1936Colpites monilifera Knight p. 529
1941Colpites monilifera Knight pp. 83 - 84 figs. pl. 22 f. 1a-c

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
suborderNeritaemorpha(Koken 1897)
superfamilyNeritoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyNaticopsidae()
genusColpites
speciesmonilifera()

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.

†Colpites monilifera White 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: "calcite"f
Composition 2: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: omnivoresuperf
Diet 2: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2010-02-04 09:00:39
Modified: 2010-02-04 11:00:39
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Squires 1976

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Virgilian or 312.80000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Angyomphalus moniliferus (11100)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Naticopsis monilifera (157612)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Naticopsis monilifera (160173)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Colpites monilifera (146819 146828)