Cochlespira Conrad 1865 (snail)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cochlespiridae

Synonyms: Ancistrosyrinx Dall 1881, Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) Dall 1881, Coronasyrinx Powell 1934, Pagodasyrinx Shuto 1969, Pleurotoma (Ancistrosyrinx) Dall 1881, Surcula (Ancistrosyrinx) Dall 1881

Parent taxon: Cochlespiridae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2011

See also Harris and Palmer 1947, MacNeil 1960, Olsson 1964, Sepkoski 2002, Todd 2001, Traub 1938, Wenz 1938, Wienrich and Janssen 2007, Woodring 1928 and Woodring 1970

Sister taxa: Aforia, Apiotoma, Chesasyrinx, Clavosurcula, Nannoidella, Nihonia, Pyrgospira, Sibogasyrinx, Tropisurcula

Subtaxa: Ancistrosyrinx columbaria Ancistrosyrinx terebralis Ancistrosyrinx volgeri Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) cedonulli Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) dalli Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) elegans Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) miranda Cochlespira (Ancistrosyrinx) radiata Cochlespira bella Cochlespira engonata Cochlespira gyrata Cochlespira pulcherrima

View classification

Ecology: epifaunal carnivore

Distribution:

• Quaternary of Costa Rica (1 collection), India (1), Indonesia (1)

• Pliocene of Costa Rica (2), Ecuador (5), Jamaica (4), Mexico (1), Panama (4), Venezuela (1)

• Miocene to Pliocene of the Dominican Republic (2)

• Miocene of Australia (1), Costa Rica (1), Germany (7), Japan (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (2), Panama (6), United States (2: Florida), Venezuela (1)

• Oligocene of Australia (1), the Netherlands (1), Panama (1), United States (5: Mississippi)

• Eocene of Australia (1), France (1), New Zealand (2), the United Kingdom (8), United States (72: Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, South Carolina, Texas)

• Paleocene of Austria (1), Poland (2), United States (4: Alabama, Louisiana, Texas)

Total: 143 collections including 167 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.