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Calyptraea

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Calyptraea was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R Sepkoski's reference number: 122]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Capulidae by Nagao (1928); to Crepidulidae by Kensley and Pether (1986) and Ward and Blackwelder (1987); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Calyptraeidae by Martin (1904), Clark and Arnold (1923), Oostingh (1935), Turner (1938), Mukerjee (1939), Durham (1944), Gardner (1947), Harris and Palmer (1947), Woodring (1957), Abbass (1967), Addicott (1970), Adegoke (1977), Hickman (1980), Squires (1984), Squires (1987), Squires (1988), Gordillo (1991), Wilson (1993), Squires (1999), Camacho et al. (2000), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001), Todd (2001), Wienrich (2001), Harzhauser (2002), Landau and Marques da Silva (2010) and Devries (2019).

Species
C. (Bicatillus), C. (Calyptraea), C. (Calyptropsis), C. (Galerus), C. (Siphopatella), C. (Trochatella), C. (Turbocalyptraea), C. alta, C. centralis (syn. C. candeana), C. chinensis, C. contorta, C. coreyi, C. corrugata, C. corrugata, C. costellata, C. crassa, C. diegoana (syn. C. (Galerus) calabasasensis, C. washingtonensis, Galerus excentricus), C. dunni, C. elevata, C. ewekoroensis, C. fastigiata, C. filosa, C. inornata, C. kilburni, C. laevigata, C. lamellosa, C. mamillaris, C. martini, C. nigeriensis, C. nigeriensis, C. pileus, C. placuna, C. ramsisi, C. rugosa, C. sookensis, C. sorachiensis, C. subtabulata, C. trochiformis (syn. Infundibulum spinulosum, Infundibulum tuberculatum), C. undulata
Species lacking formal opinion data
C. alaskana, C. aldrichi, C. mammilaris, C. merriami, C. primogenita, C. saxosa, C. viridarena

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1799Calyptraea Lamarck
1904Calyptraea Martin p. 247
1923Calyptraea Clark and Arnold p. 167
1928Calyptraea Nagao p. 94
1935Calyptraea Oostingh p. 42
1938Calyptraea Turner p. 89
1939Calyptraea Mukerjee p. 36
1944Calyptraea Durham p. 161
1947Calyptraea Gardner p. 561
1947Calyptraea Harris and Palmer p. 260
1957Calyptraea Woodring pp. 79, 80
1967Calyptraea Abbass p. 47
1970Calyptraea Addicott p. 60
1977Calyptraea Adegoke p. 126
1980Calyptraea Hickman p. 33
1984Calyptraea Squires p. 21
1986Calyptraea Kensley and Pether p. 161
1987Calyptraea Squires p. 31
1987Calyptraea Ward and Blackwelder p. 131
1988Calyptraea Squires p. 11
1991Calyptraea Gordillo p. 129
1993Calyptraea Wilson p. 163
1999Calyptraea Squires p. 18
2000Calyptraea Camacho et al. p. 66
2001Calyptraea Harzhauser and Mandic p. 701
2001Calyptraea Todd
2001Calyptraea Wienrich p. 418
2002Calyptraea Harzhauser p. 85
2002Calyptraea Sepkoski
2010Calyptraea Landau and Marques da Silva p. 24
2019Calyptraea Devries p. 21

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderNeotaenioglossaHaller 1882
suborderPtenoglossa(Gray 1853)
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusCalyptraeaLamarck 1799

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. Calyptraea Lamarck 1799
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Subg. Calyptraea (Bicatillus) Swainson 1840
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†Calyptraea (Bicatillus) renovata Crosse and Fischer 1923
Subg. Calyptraea (Calyptraea) Lamarck 1799
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Subg. Calyptraea (Galerus) Gray 1847
Subg. Calyptraea (Trochatella) Shuttleworth 1852
Subg. †Calyptraea (Turbocalyptraea) Eames 1957
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Invalid names: Crepidula parisiensis Cossmann 1883 [synonym]
†Calyptraea alta Conrad 1854
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Invalid names: Calyptraea candeana d'Orbigny 1847 [synonym]
Calyptraea chinensis Linnaeus 1758
Calyptraea contorta Carpenter 1864
†Calyptraea coreyi Addicott 1970
†Calyptraea corrugata Forbes 1846
†Calyptraea corrugata Tate 1893
†Calyptraea costellata Conrad 1857
†Calyptraea costellata panzana Loel and Corey 1932
†Calyptraea crassa Tate 1893
†Calyptraea diegoana Conrad 1855
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Invalid names: Calyptraea (Galerus) calabasasensis Nelson 1925 [synonym], Calyptraea washingtonensis Weaver 1916 [synonym], Galerus excentricus Gabb 1864 [synonym]
†Calyptraea dunni Dey 1961
†Calyptraea elevata Forbes 1846
†Calyptraea ewekoroensis Adegoke 1977
†Calyptraea filosa Gabb 1866
†Calyptraea inornata Gabb 1869
†Calyptraea kilburni Kensley and Pether 1986
†Calyptraea laevigata Deshayes 1824
†Calyptraea lamellosa Deshayes 1824
Calyptraea mamillaris Broderip 1834
Calyptraea martini Clark 1915
†Calyptraea nigeriensis Newton 1905
†Calyptraea nigeriensis Adegoke 1977
†Calyptraea pileus Lamarck 1822
†Calyptraea placuna Tate 1893
†Calyptraea ramsisi Abbass 1967
†Calyptraea rugosa Noetling 1895
Calyptraea sookensis Clark and Arnold 1923
†Calyptraea sorachiensis Oyama and Mizuno 1958
†Calyptraea trochiformis Lamarck 1802
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Invalid names: Infundibulum spinulosum Sowerby 1815 [synonym], Infundibulum tuberculatum Sowerby 1815 [synonym]
†Calyptraea undulata Tate 1893
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height64.612.009.685.002.83

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 04:56:27
Modified: 2009-09-18 11:29:00
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Albian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 113.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 100.5 Ma

Collections (705 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Albian113.0 - 100.5Switzerland C. sanctae-crucis (2237)
Albian113.0 - 100.5France C. sanctae-crucis (2168)
Santonian86.3 - 83.6South Africa (Eastern Cape) C. primogenita (47109)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. sp. (4543 4606)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) C. sp. (4101)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. sp. (4253)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Landes) C. sp. (214181)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) C. sp. (4501)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) C. sp. (4216 4234 4237 83225)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) C. sp. (4352)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) C. sp. (84467 85315) C. spp. (91812 91893)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland C. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Alabama) C. sp. (2839 2848) C. sp. A (90613) C. sp. A. (90612)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland C. suessoniensis (27625)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Illinois) C. sp. (70129)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium C. montensis (3118 22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Maryland) C. aldrichi (83135)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.2USA (Texas) C. spp. (98704)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7USA (Texas) C. sp. (86476)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Mexico (Baja California Sur) Galerus excentricus (43755)