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Trochita

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Trochita Schumacher
1928Calyptraea (Trochita) Nagao p. 94
1931Calyptraea (Trochita) Grant and Gale p. 795
1947Calyptraea (Trochita) Harris and Palmer p. 260
1957Trochita Woodring pp. 79, 80
1970Calyptraea (Trochita) Addicott p. 61
1975Calyptraea (Trochita) Vokes
2001Trochita Todd
2002Trochita Sepkoski

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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
genusTrochitaSchumacher 1817

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. Trochita Schumacher 1817
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Invalid names: Trochita perarmata Conrad 1841 [synonym]
Calyptraea (Trochita) floridana Olsson and Petit 1964
Trochita collinsii Gabb 1881
Trochita pileolus d'Orbigny 1841
Trochita pileus Lamarck 1822
Trochita radians Lamarck 1816
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Attached: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-18 09:29:33
Modified: 2009-09-18 11:29:33
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 61.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (303 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) Calyptraea aperta (205466)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (85330 85562)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (205472)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (80367)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Virginia) Calyptraea aperta (91126)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (80495 85322 86176 86179 90141 90142 90439 90818 92352)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Trinidad and Tobago Calyptraea aperta (80170)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Bulgaria (Varna) Calyptraea suessoniensis, Calyptraea aperta (102400)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Maryland) Calyptraea aperta (91712 91890)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (South Carolina) Calyptraea aperta (92466)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8USA (Virginia) Calyptraea trochiformis (84048)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (80779 80792 89873 90038 90039 90143 90144 90145 92375 97454)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey (Yerkoy) Calyptraea aperta (98010)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Belgium Calyptraea aperta (77608)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Peru Calyptraea aperta (205244)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (83801 83804)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) T. aperta (42583)
Ypresian - Bartonian56.0 - 38.0USA (Alabama) Calyptraea aperta (100145)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Haiti Calyptraea aperta (61190)
Early/Lower Eocene - Miocene55.8 - 5.333USA (Texas) Calyptraea aperta (99037)