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]
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Etymology edit
Cuphosolenus is from the Greek Κυφός σωλήν, or "bent canal," referring to the curved anterior siphonal canal.[4]
Spelling edit
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]
Description edit
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]
Distribution edit
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]
Species edit
The following species have been described as belonging (or possibly belonging = "?") to Cuphosolenus:
Jurassic species edit
- Cuphosolenus anguilcostatus Buvignier 1852[15]
- Cuphosolenus barrensis Buvignier 1891[16]
- Cuphosolenus (?) beaumonti (Guirand & Ogérien 1869)[17]
- Cuphosolenus (?) calvus (Contejean 1858)[18]
- Cuphosolenus deshayeseus (Buvignier 1852)[19]
- Cuphosolenus deslongchampsianus Buvingier 1891[20]
- Cuphosolenus dyoniseus (Buvignier 1852)[21] photo
- Cuphosolenus fusoides (Dolfus 1863)[22]
- Cuphosolenus galateae (D'Orbigny 1847)[23]
- Cuphosolenus gaulardeus (Buvignier 1852)[24]
- Cuphosolenus johannae Buvignier 1891[25]
- Cuphosolenus matronensis (DeLoriol 1871)[26]
- Cuphosolenus (?) sphinx Piette, 1882[27]
- Cuphosolenus tenuistriatus (Buvignier 1852)[28] photo
- Cuphosolenus tetracer (D'Orbigny 1825)[29] - type species. images
- Cuphosolenus theodoriensis Buvignier 1891[30]
Cretaceous species edit
References edit
Footnotes edit
- ^ Edouard Piette, Paléontologie Française ou Description des Fossiles de la France ... Terrain Jurassique, Vol. III (text), p. 376 ff.
- ^ Sohl p. B19.
- ^ a b Piette, Note sur les Coquilles Ailées des Mers Jurassiques, Laon 1876, p. 6.
- ^ Piette 1891, pp. 376.
- ^ Fischer, Manuel de Conchyilologie, etc., Paris 1887, p. 674.
- ^ The plates accompanying that work, however, continued to use “Cuphosolenus.”
- ^ a b Cuphosolenus tarrantensis page on Cretaceousfossils.com
- ^ See, e.g, Kaustuv Roy, Effects of Mesozoic Marine Revolution on the Taxonomic, Morphologic and Biogeographic Evolution of a Group: Aporrhaid Gastropods During the Mesozoic, Paleobiology, Vol. 20, No. 3 (Summer 1994), Fig. 1.
- ^ Kaustuv Roy, Effects of Mesozoic Marine Revolution on the Taxonomic, Morphologic and Biogeographic Evolution of a Group: Aporrhaid Gastropods During the Mesozoic, Paleobiology, Vol. 20,(Summer 1994), p. 295
- ^ a b Piette 1891 p. 376 ff.
- ^ F. Hirsch, Jurassic Bivalves and Gastropods from the Northern Sinai and Southern Israel, Israel Journal of Earth Science, Jerusalem, 1980, p. 142
- ^ Jean-Claude Fischer, Jurassic Gastropod Faunas of Central Saudi Arabia, GeoArabia, Vol. 6, no. 1 (2001), p. 25 Archived 2008-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Stanton, pp.107-108, describing Aporrhais tarrantensis, placed by Sohl in Cuphosolenus.
- ^ a b L. B. Kellum & K. E. Appelt, Two Gastropods from the lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Coahuila, Mexico, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontology: The University of Michigan XIX(2): 14-22 (1964).
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 404 & p. 416 n.
- ^ Piette 1891 pp. 426 & 416 n.
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 381
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 412
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 390
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 393 & 416 n.
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 419
- ^ Piette 1891 p.417
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 397
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 411
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 416 & n.
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 395
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 379
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 413
- ^ Piette 1891 p. 383
- ^ Piette 1891 pp. 393 & 416 n.
- ^ Sohl p. B19
- ^ Now in Cuphosolenus. See Ulrich Wieneke's and Han Stoutjesdijk's Wiki on Stromboidea.
Sources edit
- Piette, 1891. Paléontologie Française ou Description des Fossiles de la France, Terrain Jurassique, Vol. III, Gastéropods. Paris.
- Norman F. Sohl, 1967. Upper Cretaceous Gastropods From the Pierre Shale at Red Bird, Wyoming, Geological Survey Professional Paper 393-B, Washington.
- Stanton T.W. 1947. Studies of Some Comanche Pelecypods and Gastropods, United States Geological Survey, Professional Paper 211, Washington.