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Colpites
Taxonomy
Colpites was named by Knight (1936) [Sepkoski's age data: C Mosc-l P Guad-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Naticopsis monilifera.
It was assigned to Gastropoda by Knight (1936); to Platyschismatinae by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Naticopsinae by Wagner (2023).
It was assigned to Gastropoda by Knight (1936); to Platyschismatinae by Knight et al. (1960); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Naticopsinae by Wagner (2023).
Species
Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
|---|---|
| 1936 | Colpites Knight |
| 1960 | Colpites Knight et al. p. 198 |
| 2002 | Colpites Sepkoski |
| 2023 | Colpites Wagner p. G1080 |
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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. †Colpites Knight 1936
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†Colpites lirata Hoare et al. 1997
†Colpites minutus Sayre 1930
†Colpites monilifera White 1880
†Colpites striata Batten 1989
†Colpites tiara Sowerby 1829
Diagnosis
| Reference | Diagnosis | |
|---|---|---|
| J. B. Knight 1936 | Moderately small anomphalous or cryptomphalous, subglobular gastropods with somewhat thickened inner lip, low spire, rather numerous whorls, a row of subtural nodes, and a moderately deep sinus in the upper part of the outer lip; without a selenizone |