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Kuphus

Bivalvia - Pholadida - Teredinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1770Kuphus Guettard
1801Furcella Lamarck p. 104
1821Clossonnaria Ferussac
1927Cyphus Collignon and Cottreau
1941Succinodon Huene p. 91 fig. 1
1956Succinodon Romer p. 622
1964Succinodon Tatarinov p. 552
1966Succinodon Romer p. 370
1970Succinodon Steel p. 77
1972Kuphus Vokes p. 42
1982Kuphus Woodring p. 719
1992Kuphus Ward p. 115
2010Kuphus Bouchet et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
RankNameAuthor
CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
CardioniFerussac 1822
CardiidiaFerussac 1822
CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderPholadiformiiGray 1854
orderPholadidaGray 1854
superfamilyPholadoideaLamarck 1809
familyTeredinidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyKuphinaeTryon 1862
genusKuphusGuettard 1770

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. Kuphus Guettard 1770
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Kuphus fistula Lea 1843
Kuphus incrassatus Gabb 1873
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Invalid names: Teredo circula Aldrich 1886 [synonym]
Kuphus polythalamia Linnaeus 1767
Invalid names: Clossonnaria Ferussac 1821 [synonym], Furcella Lamarck 1801 [synonym], Succinodon Huene 1941 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: passively mobileg
Life habit: boringg
Diet: herbivoreg
Vision: blindc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: IS, IM, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g
Created: 2009-09-09 14:21:53
Modified: 2009-09-09 16:21:53
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Stilwell and Henderson 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Holocene or 66.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (143 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland Succinodon putzeri (72047)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Somalia K. sp. (78809 78810 78811 78812)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Somalia K. polythalamius (78982 78998 79041 79045 79048 79055)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Puerto Rico Teredo incrassata (80191 80193 80195 80198 80199 80200)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Jamaica K. incrassatus (92572) K. polythalamia (111546 111547) K. sp. (77775)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) K. incrassatus (61123) Teredo incrassata (41197)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Mississippi) K. incrassatus (92570)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Pakistan Teredo polythalamia (79073)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran K. melitensis (111336 111414) K. sp. (111338 111340 111341)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) K. incrassatus (155962 155965)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Florida) Teredo incrassata (60661 60663 60665 60968 60970 60971 60974 60975 60976 60977)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Alabama) K. incrassatus (205616)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mexico (Tamaulipas) K. incrassatus (43086 43087 92574)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Puerto Rico Teredo incrassata (80201 80202 80203)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Somalia K. polythalamius (78836)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Panama K. incrassatus (42577 42578)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Mexico K. incrassatus (92573)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03Trinidad and Tobago K. incrassatus (93368)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Mississippi) K. incrassatus (205805)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03India K. sp. (111232 152422)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03USA (Texas) K. sp. (69932)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44Panama K. incrassatus (42607 42626 42627 42628 49489 93039 93236)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica K. polythalamia (111548 111549)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Somalia K. polythalamius (78838 78839 78900 78901 78903 78953 79081 79098)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Puerto Rico Teredo incrassata (80204 80288)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Indonesia K. sp. (86769)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Madagascar Cyphus arenarius (55830 55831 55832 55833 55834 55835)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Maryland) K. sp. (79101 79102)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India K. sp. (111230)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) K. incrassatus (91536 92458 92459 92460 92461 92549 92550 92551 92552 92553 92554 92556 92558 92562 92566 92567 92568)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Panama K. incrassatus (42616)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Somalia K. polythalamius (78949 79077 79082)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Puerto Rico Teredo incrassata (80240 80287)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia K. polythalamia (70086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada K. polythalamia (58677 58678)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Madagascar Cyphus arenarius (51586)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) K. incrassatus (145251 145332 145334)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago K. incrassatus (81976)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia K. polythalamia (70077)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Jamaica K. incrassatus (92571)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) Teredo polythalamia (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Virginia) K. fistula (79752)
Hemphillian10.3 - 4.9USA (Alabama) K. incrassatus (89608)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333USA (Virginia) K. fistula (71536)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) K. fistula (59297)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (Virginia) K. fistula (71620 71624)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Virginia) K. calamus (59293)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia K. polythalamia (84520 84533 84546)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) K. calamus (80038 80040) K. fistula (78262 78268 78271 79709) Teredo fistula (78261)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia K. polythalamia (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Ryukyu) K. sp. (41600)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (North Carolina) K. calamus (59331)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) K. sp. (79983)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Venezuela K. incrassatus (131223)