Callopora Gray, 1848

Type species: Flustra lineata Linnaeus, 1758

This genus includes the species:

Callopora acuminella Berthelsen, 1962 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Denmark
Callopora armata O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1926 Recent Pacific Canada
Callopora asanoi Kataoka, 1961 Neogene Pleistocene Japan
Callopora aviculosa Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany Rugen
Callopora bathyalis Harmelin, 1975 Recent Atlantic Azores
Callopora biauriculata (Römer, 1863) Oligocene
Miocene
Germany
France
Callopora binkhorsti (Ubaghs, 1879) Cretaceous Netherlands
Callopora bugei Labracherie, 1975 Paleogene Eocene France
Callopora calceolus (Levinsen, 1925) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Denmark, Netherlands
Callopora canui Silén, 1941 Recent Pacific Japan
Callopora caudata Canu & Bassler, 1928 Recent Atlantic Gulf of Mexico
Callopora ciplyensis Voigt, 1957 Cretaceous Maastrichian Belgium
Callopora circularis (d'Orbigny, 1852) Cretaceous Turonian France
Callopora confluens Cook, 1968 Recent Atlantic
Callopora convexa Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA North Carolina
Callopora coralliformis (Brydone, 1910) Cretaceous Santonian England, Sweden
Callopora corniculifera (Hincks, 1882) Recent
Neogene
Pacific Canada
Japan, USA California
Callopora crassospina Canu & Bassler, 1920 Neogene Eocene Priabonian USA, North Carolina
Callopora craticula (Alder, 1856) Recent North Atlantic, Arctic
Callopora cucullata Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Georgia
Callopora decidua Dick & Ross, 1988 Recent N Pacific Alaska
Callopora depressa Cook, 1968 Recent E Atlantic Ghana
Callopora derjugini Kluge, 1955 Recent Arctic Barents Sea
Callopora deseadensis Lopez Gappa, 1981 Recent SW Atlantic Argentina
Callopora diluvii (Voigt, 1924) Paleocene Danian Germany
Callopora discreta (Hincks, 1862) Recent NE Atlantic
Callopora dumerilii (Audouin, 1826) Recent
Pliocene, Miocene
Atlantic, Mediterranean
Europe
Callopora dumerilii lata Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA North Carolina
Callopora dumerilii pouilleti
(Status?)
(Alder, 1857) Recent Atlantic
Callopora exilis Vigneaux, 1949 Neogene Miocene Burdigalian France
Callopora fenestrata (Reuss, 1848) Neogene Miocene-Pliocene Europe, North Africa
Callopora filoparietis Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Mississippi
Callopora filoparietis montgomeryensis McGuirt, 1941 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Alabama
Callopora flora (Brydone, 1916) Cretaceous Coniacian England
Callopora fortuna (Brydone, 1929) Cretaceous Coniacian, Campanian England, Sweden
Callopora hannoverana Voigt, 1924 Cretaceous Santonian Germany
Callopora hexapora (Reuss, 1854) Cretaceous Austria, Netherlands
Callopora horniana Bassler, 1936 Neogene Pleistocene USA California
Callopora horridoidea Androsova, 1958 Recent NW Pacific Sakhalin
Callopora ifoeensis Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Campanian Sweden
Callopora ingens Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Mississippi
Callopora inconspicua (O'Donoghue & O'Donoghue, 1923) Recent N Pacific Canada
Callopora inornata (d'Orbigny, 1853) Cretaceous Campanian France, Germany
Callopora invigilata (Brydone, 1910) Cretaceous-Paleocene England, Europe
Callopora jamesi O'Donoghue & de Watteville, 1944 Recent Indian O. South Africa
Callopora jboehmi Voigt, 1924 Cretaceous Santonian Germany
Callopora jerseyensis (Ulrich & Bassler, 1907) Paleogene Paleocene Thanetian USA New Jersey
Callopora klugei Androsova, 1958 Recent NW Pacific Sakhalin
Callopora lamellata Androsova, 1958 Recent NW Pacific Sakhalin
Callopora lanceolata Canu & Bassler, 1923 Neogene Pliocene Zanclean USA Virginia
Callopora langi (Brydone, 1910) Cretaceous Maastrichtian, Campanian England, Germany, Denmark
Callopora lata (Kluge, 1907) Recent Arctic
Callopora levigata Canu, 1922 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Madagascar
Callopora lineata (Linnaeus, 1758) Recent Atlantic
Callopora longispinosa Androsova, 1958 Recent NW Pacific Sakhalin
Callopora lyra (von Hagenow, 1839) Cretaceous-Paleocene NW Europe
Callopora lyraeformis Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Campanian Germany
Callopora macilenta (Jullien, 1882) Recent NE Atlantic Spain
Callopora minuscula (Hincks, 1882) Recent NE Pacific
Callopora minuta Harmelin, 1973 Recent Mediterranean
Callopora missilis (Brydone, 1916) Cretaceous Campanian England
Callopora monilifera (Maplestone, 1901) Neogene SE Australia
Callopora monocera (Marsson, 1887) Cretaceous, Paleogene Paleocene Denmark
Callopora montgomeryensis McGuirt, 1941 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Alabama
Callopora multifissa (Brydone, 1918) Cretaceous, Santonian England, Germany
Callopora multifissa lyratopunctata Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Santonian-Campanian Germany, Sweden
Callopora mundula Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Mississippi
Callopora nazcae Moyano, 1991 Recent Chile
Callopora noxontownensis Canu & Bassler, 1933 Paleogene Paleocene Thanetian USA New Jersey
Callopora nuda Kühn, 1930 Paleogene Paleocene/Eocene Austria
Callopora nuda
(Homonmym)
Dick & Ross, 1988 Recent N Pacific Alaska
Callopora obesa Kluge, 1952 Recent N Pacific Bering Sea
Callopora oculata (d'Orbigny, 1852) Cretaceous Senonian France, Denmark
Callopora pachyteichos Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Santonian Germany
Callopora panhoplites (Ortmann, 1890) Recent Japan
Callopora parvirostris Canu & Bassler, 1923 Neogene Miocene Langhian USA Maryland
Callopora patelliformis Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany
Callopora polytaxis Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Campanian Germany
Callopora precocialis Gordon, 1984 Recent SW Pacific Kermadec Islands
Callopora pseudofortuna Voigt, 1962 Late Cretaceous Russia
Callopora pumicosa Canu & Bassler, 1928 Recent Atlantic Gulf of Mexico
Callopora rosenkrantzi Berthelsen, 1962 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Denmark
Callopora rylandi Bobin & Prenant, 1965 Recent NE Atlantic
Callopora sarae Grischenko, Dick & Mawatari, 2007 Recent Japan Hokkaido
Callopora schmidti Voigt, 1962 Late Cretaceous Germany
Callopora sedovi Kluge, 1962 Recent Arctic, N. Atlantic
Callopora? seroniae Voigt, 1985 Cretaceous Maastrichtian France
Callopora sexspinosa Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Paleocene Danian USA Alabama
Callopora stefniensis Berthelsen, 1962 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Denmark
Callopora stipata Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Paleocene Danian USA Alabama
Callopora subaurita el Hajjaji, 1992 Neogene Miocene Messinian Morocco
Callopora sulcata Canu & Bassler, 1926 Cretaceous Maastrichtian USA Tennessee
Callopora tegulata Voigt, 1987 Cenozoic Paleocene Danian Netherlands
Callopora torquata Canu & Bassler, 1926 Cretaceous Maastrichtian USA Tennessee
Callopora tuberosa Canu & Bassler, 1920 Cenozoic Paleocene Danian USA Georgia
Callopora verrucosa Canu & Bassler, 1930 Recent E Pacific Galapagos
Callopora vesicularis
(?C. vesiculosa)
(Beissel, 1865) Cretaceous Germany, England
Callopora vicina Canu & Bassler, 1920 Paleogene Oligocene Rupelian USA Alabama
Callopora weslawski Kukliński & Taylor, 2006 Recent Arctic
Callopora woodwardi (Brydone, 1910) Cretaceous Campanian England
Callopora woodwardi minor Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Campanian; Sweden
Callopora woodwardi spinata Voigt, 1930 Cretaceous Campanian; Sweden

This information is based upon various sources. The reliability of some entries remains doubtful, as many species have not been revised or re-examined since they were described. The genus Callopora has been used as a "basket" for many encrusting anascans with ovicells. The relationships of many of these species may ultimately be impossible to unravel definitively. I am indebted to the late Alan Horowitz for his compilation, and to Dr. J. Pachut.
I would be grateful for corrections to, or critical reviews of this information. This is not a "final" version (an impossible ideal), but a working document.

Callopora page at NMITA

Callopora craticula from Svalbard (SEM by Piotr Kuklinski.)


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