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Piestochilus

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Piestochilus was named by Meek (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: K Camp-u K Maes-u]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Cryptorhytis (Piestochilus) by Collignon (1951).

It was assigned to Cryptorhytis by Collignon (1951); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fasciolariinae by Sohl (1964), Gliozzi and Malatesta (1983) and Snyder (2003).

Species
P. curviliratus, P. levis
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. bleicheri, P. cancellatus, P. pergracilis, P. thevestensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Piestochilus Meek
1951Cryptorhytis (Piestochilus) Collignon
1964Piestochilus Sohl p. 213
1983Piestochilus Gliozzi and Malatesta p. 107
2002Piestochilus Sepkoski
2003Piestochilus Snyder p. 19

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFasciolariinaeGray 1853
genusPiestochilusMeek 1864

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. †Piestochilus Meek 1864
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†Piestochilus levis Stephenson 1941
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Thanetian or 72.10000 to 56.00000 Ma

Collections (22 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) P. cancellatus, P. pergracilis (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (California) P. sp. (1520 1522 1525 1526 1546)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (California) P. sp. (1542)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0USA (Texas) P. curviliratus, P. levis (205541) P. laevis (205542) P. levis (7489) P. sp. (205408)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) P. curviliratus (4455) P. levis (4475 4507) P. sp. (4470)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. curviliratus (4127) P. sp. (4147)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) P. sp. (4186 4203 4216 83225)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (New Jersey) P. kanei, P. sp. (3113)