Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Alternative spelling: Craniopsis
Full reference: A. Adams. 1860. On some new genera and species of Mollusca from Japan. Annals and Magazine of Natural History 3(5):299-303
Parent taxon: Puncturella according to H. S. Ladd 1982
See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Puncturella (Fissurisepta), Puncturella (Puncturella), Puncturella (Rixa), Puncturella barksdalei, Puncturella conica, Puncturella cooperi, Puncturella delosi, Puncturella galeata, Puncturella jacksonensis, Puncturella longifissa, Puncturella mcleani, Puncturella multistriata, Puncturella noachina, Puncturella punctocostata, Puncturella rothi
Subtaxa: Craniopsis cucullata
Ecology: facultatively mobile epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Quaternary of United States (18: California collections), Vanuatu (1)
• Pliocene of United States (1: California)
Total: 20 collections each including a single occurrence