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Colpospira
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Colpospira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 25 (71%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Turritellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | suspension feeder (based on Turritellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Colpospira (Acutospira) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Colpospira (Colpospira) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Colpospira (Ctenocolpus) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Colpospira (Platycolpus) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Colpospira acinella ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Colpospira conspicabilis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
Colpospira platyspira ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 16.0 Ma Miocene | |
Colpospira tristira ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1900 | Turritella (Colpospira) Donald |
1993 | Colpospira Wilson p. 135 |
1996 | Colpospira Allmon p. 10 |
2002 | Colpospira Sepkoski, Jr. |
2006 | Colpospira Rosenberg et al. |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!