Interesting Facts
Common Names
Common Names in English:
Crested Snaggletooth
Taxonomy
- Domain:
Eukaryota
(
)
- Whittaker & Margulis,1978
- eukaryotes
- Kingdom:
Animalia
()
- C. Linnaeus, 1758
- animals
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
()
- (Hatschek, 1888) Cavalier-Smith, 1983
- Branch:
Protostomia
()
- Grobben, 1908
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
()
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
()
- Phylum:
Mollusca
()
- (C. Linnaeus, 1758) Cuvier, 1795
- Molluscs
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
()
- Ponder & Lindberg, 1996
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
()
- J.E. Gray, 1840
- Order:
Pulmonata
()
- Cuvier, in Blainville, 1814
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
()
- (Haszprunar & Huber, 1990)
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
()
- A. Schmidt, 1855
- Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
()
- Turton, 1831
- Family:
Vertiginidae
()
- Fitzinger, 1833
- Genus:
Gastrocopta
()
- Wollaston, 1878
- Specific name:
cristata
- (Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1900)
- Scientific name: - Gastrocopta cristata (Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1900)
- Specific name:
cristata
- (Pilsbry and Vanatta, 1900)
- Genus:
Gastrocopta
(
- Family:
Vertiginidae
(
- Superfamily:
Pupilloidea
(
- Infraorder:
Stylommatophora
(
- Suborder:
Eupulmonata
(
- Order:
Pulmonata
(
- Superorder:
Heterobranchia
(
- Subclass:
Orthogastropoda
(
- Phylum:
Mollusca
(
- Superphylum:
Eutrochozoa
(
- Infrakingdom:
Lophotrochozoa
(
- Branch:
Protostomia
(
- Subkingdom:
Bilateria
(
- Kingdom:
Animalia
(
Notes
Name
Status: Accepted Name
.
Last scrutiny: 17-Oct-2001
Similar Species
Members of the genus Gastrocopta
ZipcodeZoo has pages for 25 species and subspecies in this genus:
G. abbreviata (Plains Snaggletooth) · G. armifera (Armed Snaggletooth) · G. ashmuni (Sluice Snaggletooth) · G. carnegiei (Erie Snaggletooth) · G. clappi (Bluegrass Snaggletooth) · G. cochisensis (Apache Snaggletooth) · G. contracta (Bottleneck Snaggletooth) · G. corticaria (Bark Snaggletooth) · G. cristata (Crested Snaggletooth) · G. dalliana (Shortneck Snaggletooth) · G. holzingeri (Lambda Snaggletooth) · G. pellucida (Slim Snaggletooth) · G. pentodon (Comb Snaggletooth) · G. pilsbryana (Montane Snaggletooth) · G. procera (Wing Snaggletooth) · G. prototypus (Sonoran Snaggletooth) · G. quadridens (Cross Snaggletooth) · G. riograndensis (Rio Grande Snaggletooth) · G. riparia (Gulf Coast Snaggletooth) · G. ruidosensis (Ruidoso Snaggletooth) · G. rupicola (Tapered Snaggletooth) · G. servilis (Wandering Snag) · G. similis (Great Lakes Snaggletooth) · G. sterkiana (Classification Uncertain) · G. tappaniana (White Snaggletooth)
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Further Reading
- An early Pleistocene (Blancan) fauna from Nebraska / by Paul O. McGrew -- Chicago: Field Museum Press, 1944. url p. 36.
- Miscellaneous publication - University of Kansas, Museum of Natural History. 1959 Lawrence: University of Kansas, 1946-1996. url p. 11, descr. of plate 10, page 172, fig. 77, page 178, fig. 78, page 179, p. 180, p. 181, p. 196, p. 7, p. 9.
- Some early Miocene carnivores / by Elmer S. Riggs -- Chicago: Field Museum Press, 1945 url p. 117.
- Texas conchologist. Houston, Houston Conchology Society url p. 21, p. 23, p. 9.
- The Nautilus. Melbourne, Fla., etc., American Malacologists, inc., etc. url p. 13, p. 13, p. 130, p. 145, p. 15, p. 17, p. 22, p. 6, p. 69, p. 71, p. 72, p. 8, p. 83, p. 83, p. 85.
- The University of Kansas science bulletin. 31 1947 [Lawrence]: University of Kansas, 1902-1996. url p. 311, fig. 5, page 335, p. 342, p. 344, p. 345, p. 347, p. 386, p. 387, p. 389, p. 391, descr. of plate xix, page 404.
- The distributions of the native land mollusks of the Eastern United States / Leslie Hubricht. 24 1985 Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1985. url p. 10, p. 178.
- Transactions of the Kentucky Academy of Science. [Lexington, Ky.]Kentucky Academy of Science, 1923-1997. url p. 29, p. 31, p. 32, p. 35, p. 41, p. 42.
- Type fossil Mollusca (Hyolitha, Polyplacophora, Scaphopoda, Monoplacophora, and Gastropoda) in Field Museum / Gerald Glenn Forney -- and Matthew H. Nitecki --. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1976. url p. 74.
Notes
Contributors
- Bisby, F.A., Y.R. Roskov, M.A. Ruggiero, T.M. Orrell, L.E. Paglinawan, P.W. Brewer, N. Bailly, J. van Hertum, eds (2007). Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2007 Annual Checklist. Species 2000: Reading, U.K.
- Brands, S.J. (comp.) 1989-present. The Taxonomicon. Universal Taxonomic Services, Zwaag, The Netherlands. Accessed January 10, 2012.
- Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Accessed February 28, 2008. http://www.gbif.org Mediated distribution data from 3 providers.
- Ruggiero M., Gordon D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Nicolson D. (2011). The Catalogue of Life Taxonomic Classification, Edition 2, Part A. In: Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life: 2011 Annual Checklist (Bisby F.A., Roskov Y.R., Orrell T.M., Nicolson D., Paglinawan L.E., Bailly N., Kirk P.M., Bourgoin T., Baillargeon G., Ouvrard D., eds). DVD; Species 2000: Reading, UK.
Data Sources
Accessed through GBIF Data Portal February 28, 2008:
- Academy of Natural Sciences: Academy of Natural Sciences Malacology Database
- Marine Science Institute, UCSB: Paleobiology Database
- University of Colorado Museum: Zoological specimens
Identifiers
- Biodiversity Heritage Library NamebankID: 2687793
- Catalogue of Life Accepted Name Code: ITS-76782
- Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) Taxonomic Serial Number (TSN): 76782
- Zipcode Zoo Species Identifier: 510347
