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Calyptraea alta

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Trochita alta was named by Conrad (1854). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Jackson, which is in an Eocene coastal horizon in Mississippi.

It was recombined as Calyptraea alta by Harris and Palmer (1947).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
C. alaskana, C. aldrichi, C. mammilaris, C. merriami, C. primogenita, C. saxosa, C. viridarena

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Trochita alta Conrad p. 289
1856Trochita alta Conrad p. 259
1947Calyptraea alta Harris and Palmer p. 263

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
orderNeotaenioglossaHaller 1882
suborderPtenoglossa(Gray 1853)
superfamilyCalyptraeoideaLamarck 1809
familyCalyptraeidaeLamarck 1809
genusCalyptraeaLamarck 1799
speciesalta()

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.

†Calyptraea alta Conrad 1854
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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: 2009-05-20 04:56:27
Modified: 2009-09-18 11:29:00
Source: g = genus, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bartonian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 41.30000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Louisiana) Calyptraea alta (92374)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Calyptraea alta (90471 91892 164232)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Louisiana) Calyptraea alta (92301)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (Mississippi) Trochita alta (type locality: 208935)