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Coelopis

Bivalvia - Carditida - Astartidae

Taxonomy
Coelopis was named by Munier-Chalmas (1887) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi K l]. It is not extant. Its type is Cardita lunulata.

It was reranked as Opis (Coelopis) by Munier-Chalmas (1887) and Frech (1912).

It was assigned to Opis by Munier-Chalmas (1887) and Frech (1912); to Opinae by Vokes (1980); to Veneroida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Astartidae by Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Coelopis Munier-Chalmas
1887Opis (Coelopis) Munier-Chalmas
1912Opis (Coelopis) Frech
1980Coelopis Vokes p. 123
2002Coelopis Sepkoski
2014Coelopis Ros-Franch et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CarditioniDall 1889
orderCarditida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyCrassatelloidea(Férussac 1822)
familyAstartidaed'Orbigny 1844
subfamilyOpinaeChavan 1952
genusCoelopisMunier-Chalmas 1887

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. †Coelopis Munier-Chalmas 1887
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Subg. †Coelopis (Coelopis) Munier-Chalmas 1887
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†Coelopis (Coelopis) aurea Hautmann 2001
Subg. †Coelopis (Cryptocoelopis) Bittner 1895
†Coelopis langrunensis Bigot 1894
†Coelopis lunulata Sowerby 1819
†Coelopis tebagaensis Termier and Termier 1959
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height110.3

Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: marinesuperf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: infaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindsuperf
Created: 2009-09-09 13:45:55
Modified: 2024-02-05 22:32:59
Source: superf = superfamily
Reference: Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Pelsonian to the top of the Tortonian or 247.20000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (77 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) C. sp. (31617 31618 31623 31631 31632)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Indonesia (Maluku) C. sp. (204318)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran C. sp. A (49321)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran C. aurea (48969) C. krumbecki (48991)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain C. similis (212200 212212 212214 212222) C. sp. (211865)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Teruel) C. similis (211196)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain C. parvicardinata (26148) C. parvocardinata (25214 25613 25620 26146 26147 26152 26388 26393) C. similis (25218 25610 25672 25675 25774 25775 25779 25780 25781 26336 26385) C. similis, C. parvocardinata (25608)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Spain C. similis (51613)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Israel C. sp. (159698)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Spain C. similis (25782 25784 25879 25883 25885 25886 25887)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Egypt C. langrunensis (171236)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia C. lunata (48451 48454 48456 48457)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France C. ceratoides (38738)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India (Kachchh) C. sp. (24050)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia C. lunata (47895 47902 48563 48564 48586 48593 48594 48596 48598 48599 48604 48605)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India C. coxi (68653 68657) C. deshayesi (68078)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Spain C. sp. (36212)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia C. lunata (45759)
Oxfordian - Tithonian163.5 - 145.0Japan (Kumamoto) C. tanourensis (40342 40557)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Germany C. thais (60387)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany C. sp. (211294)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany (Bavaria) C. plana, C. carinata (57791) C. sp. (57157)
Early/Lower Tithonian150.8 - 145.0Germany C. excavata, C. sp. (34608)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Argentina (Entre Rios) C. striata (13626)