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Melongena (Pyrula)

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	111216	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=111216

Rank

subgenus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Melongenidae : Melongena : Melongena (Pyrula)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Melongenidae	Gill 1867
subfamily	Melongeninae
genus	Melongena	Schumacher 1817
subgenus	Melongena (Pyrula)	(Lamarck 1799)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Melongena (Pyrula)	genus	belongs to Gastropoda	stated without evidence	Brongniart, 1823
Melongena (Pyrula)	genus	belongs to Doliidae	stated without evidence	Martin, 1904
Melongena (Pyrula)	genus	belongs to Gastropoda	stated without evidence	Vredenburg, 1921
Melongena (Pyrula)	subgenus	belongs to Melongena	stated with evidence	Stchepinsky, 1939

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Melongenidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Melongenidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Bravard. 1858. Monografia de los terrenos marinos terciarios, de las cercanias del Parana. Annales Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3:45-94

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pirula (Protopirula) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Pyrula (Ficula) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	5	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Pirula ficus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	11.6 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Pirula intermedia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	11.6 Ma Miocene
Pirula menengtengana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Pirula promensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Pyrula cancellata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pyrula clathrata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Pyrula cochlidium ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pyrula dussumieri species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pyrula elegans ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Pyrula ficoides species	listed (PBDB)	1	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Pyrula jamesi ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pyrula laevigata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Pyrula micronematica ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pyrula microtricha ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pyrula nexilis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene
Pyrula penita ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pyrula peruviana species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Pyrula pondicherriensis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pyrula reticulata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Pyrula subcarinata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	47.8 Ma Eocene	47.8 Ma Eocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1799	Pyrula Lamarck
1823	Pirula Brongniart p. 75
1904	Pyrula Martin p. 226
1921	Pirula Vredenburg p. 290
1939	Melongena (Pyrula) Stchepinsky p. 38

References

Bravard A. Monografia de los terrenos marinos terciarios, de las cercanias del Parana, Annales Museo Nacional de Buenos Aires 3, 45-94

Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269

Vredenburg E. (1921) Results of a revision of some portions of Dr Noetling's second monograph on the Tertiary fauna of Burma, Records of the Geological Survey of India 51, 224-302

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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