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Sigapatella

Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae

Taxonomy
Calyptraea (Sigapatella) was named by Lesson (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: K u R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Sigapatella by Beu et al. (1990), Camacho et al. (2000), Sepkoski (2002).

It was assigned to Calyptraea by Lesson (1830); to Calyptraeidae by Beu et al. (1990), Camacho et al. (2000); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonyms
  • Trochella was named by Gray (1867).

    It was synonymized subjectively with Sigapatella by Tyron (1880).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Calyptraea (Sigapatella) Lesson
1867Trochella Gray
1990Sigapatella Beu et al. p. 408
2000Sigapatella Camacho et al. p. 66
2002Sigapatella 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
genusSigapatella(Lesson 1830)

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. Sigapatella Lesson 1830
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†Sigapatella americana Ortmann 1900
†Sigapatella echinulata Sowerby 1815
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Invalid names: Infundibulum suessoniensis d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
†Sigapatella mapalia Marwick 1929
†Sigapatella vertex Marwick 1926
Invalid names: Trochella Gray 1867 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:45:38
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:46:17
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Middle Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.12900 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (46 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6France S. montensis (20816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland S. sp. (22943)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) S. echinulatum (8083 8085)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0New Zealand S. sp. (64698)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Antarctica (Seymour Island) S. disapicula (63549 63550)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) S. echinulata (3266 3267 3268)
Eocene - Miocene56.0 - 5.333Argentina (Santa Cruz) Calyptraea americana (50077)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (3259 8105)
Early/Lower Eocene - Middle Eocene55.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) S. echinulata (3257 3258) S. sp. (3256)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) S. aperta (8125) S. lamellosa, S. aperta (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3New Zealand (Canterbury) S. mapalia (50147)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Argentina S. americana (71613)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71United Kingdom (England) S. aperta (3263 3264)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand (South Island) S. vertex (205813)
Kaiatan39.1 - 36.7New Zealand S. vertex (67839)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03New Zealand (Waikato) S. sp. (45013)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand S. novaezelandiae (67854 67864) S. sp. (67598)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Central Otago) S. sp. (35116 35126 35127)
Late/Upper Oligocene28.4 - 23.03New Zealand (Southland) S. mapalia (50784)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97New Zealand (Dannevirke) S. sp. (35654 35657)
Otaian21.7 - 19.0New Zealand S. sp. (67827)
Otaian - Altonian21.7 - 15.9New Zealand S. novaezelandiae (77489)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand S. inflata (67899) S. maccoyi (67896) S. maccoyi, S. inflata (67897) S. sp. (67821 67898 67900)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333New Zealand S. sp. (45030)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Australia (Victoria) S. crassa (166744)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India S. subcentralis (77658)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129New Zealand (Wellington) S. novaezelandiae (94818)