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Cuphosolenus tetracer ( D'Orbigny) from France. | |
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Genus: | Cuphosolenus
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Cuphosolenus is a genus of extinct small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea, known from the Jurassic [1] and lower Cretaceous [2] periods. Cuphosolenus was named by Edouard Piette in 1876. [3]
Cuphosolenus is from the Greek Κυφός σωλήν, or "bent canal," referring to the curved anterior siphonal canal. [4]
In 1887, Paul Fischer “emended” the spelling of the name to Cyphosolenus. [5] In 1891, Piette accepted Fischer’s use of Cyphosolenus in the text of Paléontologie Française ou Description des Fossiles de la France, etc., Vol. III (text), p. 376 ff. [6] This change in spelling has been described as an unjustified emendation under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [7] and scientists today generally call the genus Cuphosolenus, following the original spelling. [8]
The genus includes Aporrhaidae shells with three long, thin finger-like extensions from the aperture and an extended, curved siphonal canal. The original description described the shell as having (translation from the French), "a semi-palmate lip, three digits, the posterior one of which is weakly attached to the spire, inner lip of columella thick, and siphonal canal bent or curved at the end". [3] The type species for the genus is Cuphosolenus tetracer (D'Orbigny). [9]
Cuphosolenus has been reported from the Jurassic of France, [10] the Sinai, [11] and questionably from Saudi Arabia, [12] as well as the lower Cretaceous of Texas [13] and Mexico. [14] In his 1891 work, Piette included descriptions of 16 species of Cuphosolenus from the Jurassic of France. [10]
The following species have been described as belonging (or possibly belonging = "?") to Cuphosolenus:
Cuphosolenus Temporal range:
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Cuphosolenus tetracer ( D'Orbigny) from France. | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | |
Phylum: | |
Class: | |
(unranked): | |
Superfamily: | |
Family: | |
Genus: | Cuphosolenus
Piette, 1876
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Species | |
see text |
Cuphosolenus is a genus of extinct small to medium-sized sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Aporrhaidae and the superfamily Stromboidea, known from the Jurassic [1] and lower Cretaceous [2] periods. Cuphosolenus was named by Edouard Piette in 1876. [3]
Cuphosolenus is from the Greek Κυφός σωλήν, or "bent canal," referring to the curved anterior siphonal canal. [4]
In 1887, Paul Fischer “emended” the spelling of the name to Cyphosolenus. [5] In 1891, Piette accepted Fischer’s use of Cyphosolenus in the text of Paléontologie Française ou Description des Fossiles de la France, etc., Vol. III (text), p. 376 ff. [6] This change in spelling has been described as an unjustified emendation under the rules of the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature [7] and scientists today generally call the genus Cuphosolenus, following the original spelling. [8]
The genus includes Aporrhaidae shells with three long, thin finger-like extensions from the aperture and an extended, curved siphonal canal. The original description described the shell as having (translation from the French), "a semi-palmate lip, three digits, the posterior one of which is weakly attached to the spire, inner lip of columella thick, and siphonal canal bent or curved at the end". [3] The type species for the genus is Cuphosolenus tetracer (D'Orbigny). [9]
Cuphosolenus has been reported from the Jurassic of France, [10] the Sinai, [11] and questionably from Saudi Arabia, [12] as well as the lower Cretaceous of Texas [13] and Mexico. [14] In his 1891 work, Piette included descriptions of 16 species of Cuphosolenus from the Jurassic of France. [10]
The following species have been described as belonging (or possibly belonging = "?") to Cuphosolenus: