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Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus)

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Stiracolpus was named by Finlay (1926) [Sepkoski's age data: T Plio-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 681,728,899]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turritella (Stiracolpus) by Iqbal (1973); it was reranked as Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) by Allmon (1996).

It was assigned to Turritella by Iqbal (1973); to Turritellidae by Beu et al. (1990); to Zeacolpus by Allmon (1996); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1926Stiracolpus Finlay
1973Turritella (Stiracolpus) Iqbal p. 25
1990Stiracolpus Beu et al. p. 407
1996Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) Allmon p. 10
2002Stiracolpus Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyTurritellidaeLovén 1847
subfamilyTurritellinaeLovén 1847
genusZeacolpusFinlay 1926
subgenusStiracolpus(Finlay 1926)

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.

Subg. Zeacolpus (Stiracolpus) Finlay 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:15:58
Modified: 2018-02-27 07:57:42
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Eocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 55.80000 to 0.12900 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Baluchistan) Turritella harnaiensis (101938)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Turritella harnaiensis (8675 183817 183826 183845 183855 183856 183857 183858)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6Pakistan Turritella harnaiensis (77395)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Pakistan Turritella pakistanica (183853)
Kapitean6.5 - 5.333New Zealand Zeacolpus sp. (180103)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6New Zealand Zeacolpus sp. (45028)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Zealand (Wellington) Stiracolpus sp. (94818)