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Dendropupa

Gastropoda - Dendropupidae

Taxonomy
Dendropupa was named by Owen (1861). Its type is Pupa vetusta. It is the type genus of Dendropupidae.

It was assigned to Cyclophoridae by Knight et al. (1960); and to Dendropupidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Dendropupa Owen
1960Dendropupa Knight et al. p. 318
2005Dendropupa Bouchet et al. p. 64

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyDendropupoideaWenz 1938
familyDendropupidae
genusDendropupa

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. †Dendropupa Owen 1861
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Dendropupa primaeva Matthew 1895
Dendropupa vetusta Dawson 1860
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Westphalian A to the top of the Morrowan or 318.70000 to 318.60000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Morrowan323.2 - 318.6USA (Texas) D. sp., D. vetusta (79966)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (Nova Scotia) Pulmonata indet. (28069)
Westphalian A318.7 - 316.9Canada (New Brunswick) Pupa primaeva (114468)