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Carinaropsis cymbula

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Carinaropsis (Phragmostoma) cymbula was named by Hall (1861). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Phragmostoma cymbula by Miller (1889); it was recombined as Carinaropsis cymbula by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Grabau and Shimer (1909), Bassler (1932), Knight et al. (1960), Wahlman (1992) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Carinaropsis (Phragmostoma) cymbula Hall p. 94
1889Phragmostoma cymbula Miller
1892Carinaropsis (Bellerophon) phalera Sardeson p. 336
1897Carinaropsis cymbula Ulrich and Scofield pp. 927 - 928 figs. pl. 62 f. 1-4
1897Carinaropsis phalera Ulrich and Scofield p. 928 figs. pl. 62 f. 14-18
1909Carinaropsis cymbula Grabau and Shimer
1932Carinaropsis cymbula Bassler
1960Carinaropsis cymbula Knight et al. p. 180 figs. f. 98.3
1992Carinaropsis cymbula Wahlman pp. 178 - 180 figs. pl. 37 f. 1-11, 15-23; pl. 38 f. 1-12
2023Carinaropsis cymbula Wagner p. S238

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyCarinaropsinae()
genusCarinaropsis
speciescymbula()

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.

†Carinaropsis cymbula Hall 1861
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Invalid names: Carinaropsis phalera Sardeson 1892 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-05 18:27:18
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:27:18
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Knight et al. 1960, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turinian to the top of the Chatfieldian or 457.30000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (23 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Carinaropsis phalera (175724)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Carinaropsis phalera (154411 154413 167573)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Carinaropsis cymbula (77039 77146 77147 77148 77149 77357 87813 87818 99571 101108 101402 101429) Carinaropsis phalera (154461)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Carinaropsis cymbula (34546 34547 99334 99802 100124 100129)