Calyptraea centralis

Calyptraea centralis is a species of sea snail of the family Calyptraeidae, a marine gastropod mollusk also known as the slipper snail, slipper limpet, cup-and-saucer snail, or Chinese hat snail.

Calyptraea centralis

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On record

Recorded, not inferred
Sits inside
CalyptraeaPBDB
Diet
suspension feederPBDB, for Calyptraea
Life habit
epifaunalPBDB, for Calyptraea
Motility
facultatively mobile, attachedPBDB, for Calyptraea
Vision
limitedPBDB, for Gastropoda

Time the record covers

At least 22 million years on record.

The record covers at least 23.04 Mya to 129 ka. No occurrence read is dated outside 27.3 Mya to 11.7 ka.

Oligocene — about 2 of 100 occurrencesOligoceneMiocene — about 63 of 100 occurrencesMiocenePliocene — about 24 of 100 occurrencesPliocenePleistocene — about 11 of 100 occurrencesPleistocene28–27 Mya — about 0.2 occurrences27–26 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences26–25 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences25–24 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences24–23 Mya — about 0.4 occurrences23–22 Mya — about 1 occurrence22–21 Mya — about 1 occurrence21–20 Mya — about 1 occurrence20–19 Mya — about 5 occurrences19–19 Mya — about 5 occurrences19–18 Mya — about 5 occurrences18–17 Mya — about 5 occurrences17–16 Mya — about 4 occurrences16–15 Mya — about 4 occurrences15–14 Mya — about 4 occurrences14–13 Mya — about 5 occurrences13–12 Mya — about 5 occurrences12–11 Mya — about 4 occurrences11–10 Mya — about 3 occurrences10–9.3 Mya — about 3 occurrences9.3–8.4 Mya — about 3 occurrences8.4–7.4 Mya — about 3 occurrences7.4–6.5 Mya — about 2 occurrences6.5–5.6 Mya — about 2 occurrences5.6–4.6 Mya — about 5 occurrences4.6–3.7 Mya — about 6 occurrences3.7–2.8 Mya — about 11 occurrences2.8–1.9 Mya — about 5 occurrences1.9–928 ka Mya — about 3 occurrences928 ka–0 Mya — about 5 occurrences23.04 Mya129 ka27.8 Mya0 Mya

100 occurrences of Calyptraea centralis on record, most of them in the Miocene. The Paleobiology Database records this as a living group. Bar height is expected occurrences, not a count: each fossil is spread across the span it is dated to, so a tall narrow bar means tight dating and a low wide one means loose.

When

100 occurrences

These are dates about fossils, not the animal: the record can only begin after it arose and end before it died out, so either end may reach further. Shares are expected occurrences: a fossil dated to a span is counted partly in each period it straddles. More on what this infers.

Found in

32 formations

Shoal River — 30.72°N, 86.12°WShoal River — 30.63°N, 86.17°WShoal River — 30.69°N, 86.65°WCastilletes — 11.95°N, 71.31°WSpringvale — 10.62°N, 61.05°WOak Grove — 30.90°N, 84.58°WOak Grove — 30.92°N, 86.57°WOak Grove — 30.97°N, 86.46°WChipola — 30.44°N, 85.19°WChipola — 30.43°N, 84.98°WCaloosahatchee — 26.89°N, 82.01°WCaloosahatchee — 26.77°N, 81.15°WCaloosahatchee — 27.77°N, 82.68°WCaloosahatchee — 26.96°N, 81.17°WCulebra — 9.08°N, 79.68°WCulebra — 9.76°N, 79.68°WMorne l'Enfer — 10.23°N, 61.63°WTalparo — 10.67°N, 61.07°WGatun — 9.35°N, 79.83°WGatun — 9.26°N, 79.92°WJackson Bluff — 30.39°N, 84.64°WPirabas — 0.80°S, 47.13°WPirabas — 0.48°S, 48.17°WDuplin — 34.90°N, 78.05°WAraya — 10.82°N, 64.18°WCaujarao — 11.00°N, 69.83°WCaujarao — 11.46°N, 69.32°WJimol — 11.89°N, 71.37°WJimol — 11.96°N, 71.43°WChowan RIver — 35.28°N, 76.65°WCalvert — 39.20°N, 75.60°WGoose Creek — 33.33°N, 80.15°WBermont — 27.72°N, 82.43°WPamlico — 32.69°N, 80.23°WSt Mary's — 38.36°N, 76.39°WHorry Clay — 33.69°N, 78.89°WTamiami — 25.67°N, 80.31°W

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The named rock units Calyptraea centralis has been recovered from, largest first. Drawn where the rock is now, not where it formed. 8 further formations hold fewer occurrences each and are not listed. 4 occurrences have no formation on record, which is common for older literature.

Calyptraea centralis and its relatives

Miocene

Where Calyptraea centralis and its relatives were recorded in the Miocene.

Found in the same rock

1,634 taxa

The Paleobiology Database records 61 sites for Calyptraea centralis, and this reads all of them. Of that, one read hit the database's own return limit, so every count below is a floor rather than a total. The number is how many of those sites it was catalogued from too. The 24 sharing the most are listed.

This is not a list of everything alive at the time. It is only what has come out of the same ground as this animal and been written down.

Entered from

29 references

Each of the 100 occurrences read was entered from one of these publications, ordered by how many each accounts for. This is not a search for papers mentioning the name. 17 further references are not listed. Entries link to doi.org where the Paleobiology Database holds an identifier, and to its own record where it does not. Relayed as the Paleobiology Database holds them, not checked against what they resolve to.

Media and terms

Media content1

Picture of Calyptraea centralis

Source
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Credit
via iDigBio
Licence
CC BY-NC-SA
Commercial use
the licence does not allow it

No 3D scan was found. Smithsonian Open Access, MorphoSource and Sketchfab were all searched.

The description on this site

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This is what the site found, which is not the same as what exists.

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Occurrence data from the Paleobiology Database, CC BY 4.0. (Conrad 1841)