Cuphosolenus

Cuphosolenus Temporal range: Jurassic–Cretaceous PreЄ Є O S D C P T J K Pg N
Cuphosolenus tetracer (D'Orbigny) from France.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
(unranked):	clade Caenogastropoda clade Hypsogastropoda clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:	Stromboidea
Family:	Aporrhaidae
Genus:	Cuphosolenus Piette, 1876
Species
see text

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]

Etymology

Cuphosolenus is from the Greek Κυφός σωλήν, or "bent canal," referring to the curved anterior siphonal canal.^[4]

Spelling

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

The genus includes Aporrhaidae shells with three long, thin finger-like extensions from the apeture 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

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

The following species have been described as belonging (or possibly belonging = "?") to Cuphosolenus:

Jurassic species

• 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

• Cuphosolenus mexicanus (Kellum & Appelt, 1964)^[14] text include original description
• Cuphosolenus nuecensis (Stanton, 1947)^[31]
• Cuphosolenus tarrantensis (Stanton, 1947)^[7][32] 3D photo

References

Footnotes

1. ^ Edouard Piette, Paléontologie Française ou Description des Fossiles de la France ... Terrain Jurassique, Vol. III (text), p. 376 ff.
2. ^ Sohl p. B19.
3. ^ ^{a b} Piette, Note sur les Coquilles Ailées des Mers Jurassiques, Laon 1876, p. 6.
4. ^ Piette 1891, pp. 376.
5. ^ Fischer, Manuel de Conchyilologie, etc., Paris 1887, p. 674.
6. ^ The plates accompanying that work, however, continued to use “Cuphosolenus.”
7. ^ ^{a b} Cuphosolenus tarrantensis page on Cretaceousfossils.com
8. ^ 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.
9. ^ 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
10. ^ ^{a b} Piette 1891 p. 376 ff.
11. ^ F. Hirsch, Jurassic Bivalves and Gastropods from the Northern Sinai and Southern Israel, Israel Journal of Earth Science, Jerusalem, 1980, p. 142
12. ^ Jean-Claude Fischer, Jurassic Gastropod Faunas of Central Saudi Arabia, GeoArabia, Vol. 6, no. 1 (2001), p. 25
13. ^ Stanton, pp.107-108, describing Aporrhais tarrantensis, placed by Sohl in Cuphosolenus.
14. ^ ^{a b} L. B. Kellum & K. E. Appelt, Two Gastropods from the lower Cretaceous (Albian) of Coahuila, Mexico, Contributions from the Museum of Paleontolgy: The University of Michigan XIX(2): 14-22 (1964).
15. ^ Piette 1891 p. 404 & p. 416 n.
16. ^ Piette 1891 pp. 426 & 416 n.
17. ^ Piette 1891 p. 381
18. ^ Piette 1891 p. 412
19. ^ Piette 1891 p. 390
20. ^ Piette 1891 p. 393 & 416 n.
21. ^ Piette 1891 p. 419
22. ^ Piette 1891 p.417
23. ^ Piette 1891 p. 397
24. ^ Piette 1891 p. 411
25. ^ Piette 1891 p. 416 & n.
26. ^ Piette 1891 p. 395
27. ^ Piette 1891 p. 379
28. ^ Piette 1891 p. 413
29. ^ Piette 1891 p. 383
30. ^ Piette 1891 pp. 393 & 416 n.
31. ^ Sohl p. B19
32. ^ Now in Cuphosolenus. See Ulrich Wieneke's and Han Stoutjesdijk's Wiki on Stromboidea.

Sources

• 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.