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Colpospira

Gastropoda - Turritellidae

Taxonomy
Turritella (Colpospira) was named by Donald (1900) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Colpospira by Wilson (1993), Allmon (1996), Sepkoski (2002) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

It was assigned to Turritella by Donald (1900); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Turritellinae by Wilson (1993), Allmon (1996) and Rosenberg et al. (2006).

Subtaxa
C. (Acutospira), C. (Colpospira), C. (Ctenocolpus), C. (Platycolpus), C. acinella, C. conspicabilis, C. platyspira, C. tristira
Species lacking formal opinion data
Turritella conspicablis
Sister taxa
C. (Acutospira), C. (Colpospira), C. (Ctenocolpus), C. (Platycolpus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Turritella (Colpospira) Donald
1993Colpospira Wilson p. 135
1996Colpospira Allmon p. 10
2002Colpospira Sepkoski
2006Colpospira Rosenberg et al.

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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
genusColpospira(Donald 1900)

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. Colpospira Donald 1900
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Subg. Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) Iredale 1924
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†Ctenocolpus gemmulata Tate 1893
†Ctenocolpus sturtii Tenison Woods 1877
†Ctenocolpus trilix Cotton and Woods 1935
†Ctenocolpus warburtoni Tenison Woods 1877
†Colpospira acinella Chapman and Crespin 1928
†Colpospira platyspira Tenison Woods 1879
†Colpospira tristira Tate 1885
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Trempealeauan to the top of the Zanclean or 492.50000 to 3.60000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 485.4 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4Canada (Quebec) Platycolpus depressus (224146)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Turritella terebellata (171526)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Japan C. okadai (70962 70967 70968 71011 71013 71015 71017 71019) C. okadai, C. tashiroi (71016) C. okadai, C. tashiroi, C. tashiroi (71014) C. tashiroi (71022)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Japan C. kotakai (179914)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan C. yabei (70920)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Western Australia) Turritella conspicablis (70724)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Victoria) Turritella gemmulata (72223) Turritella platyspira (72208)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Australia (Tasmania) Turritella sturtii, Turritella tristira, Turritella warburtoni (72221)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Australia (Victoria) Turritella platyspira (72207)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Turritella gemmulata, Turritella platyspira (72210) Turritella platyspira (72209)
Tortonian - Zanclean11.62 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Turritella acinella (166810)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Turritella trilix (63432)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) Turritella conspicabilis, Turritella tristira, Turritella acinella (166744)