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Colpites
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Pleurotomariina
Superfamily:
Pleurotomariacea
Family:
Sinuopeidae
Subfamily:
Platyschismatinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Colpites KNIGHT, 1936
Type Species:
Naticopsis monilifera WHITE, 1880
Images
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Fig. 112,7. *C. monilifer (White), Penn., Mo., X2.7.
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.(Penn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Capitanian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
259.55
Description
Naticiform, anomphalous; sinus above mid-height of whorl face; columellar and parietal lips thickened; surface glossy, with row of nodes just below upper suture
References
Harttites Howell \& Knight, 1936 [pro Hartia Walcott, 1884 (non Steindachner, 1877)] (not a mollusk).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Pleurotomariina
Superfamily:
Pleurotomariacea
Family:
Sinuopeidae
Subfamily:
Platyschismatinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Colpites KNIGHT, 1936
Type Species:
Naticopsis monilifera WHITE, 1880
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 112,7. *C. monilifer (White), Penn., Mo., X2.7.
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
U.Carb.(Penn.)
Beginning International Stage:
Bashkirian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
323.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Perm.
Ending International Stage:
Capitanian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
259.55
Description
Naticiform, anomphalous; sinus above mid-height of whorl face; columellar and parietal lips thickened; surface glossy, with row of nodes just below upper suture
References
Harttites Howell \& Knight, 1936 [pro Hartia Walcott, 1884 (non Steindachner, 1877)] (not a mollusk).