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Pseudotorinia

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Description

Pseudotorinia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Architectonicidae, the staircase shells or sundials.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotorinia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2298120	https://www.gbif.org/species/2298120
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	12177	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12177

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectonicidae : Pseudotorinia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

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	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Heterobranchia	Gray 1840
superfamily	Architectonicoidea	Gray 1840
family	Architectonicidae	Gray 1850
genus	Pseudotorinia	Sacco 1892

Scientific Name

Pseudotorinia Sacco, 1892

Name Published In

in Bellardi & Sacco, Moll. Terr. terz. Piemonte Liguria, 12

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudotorinia	subgenus	belongs to Architectonica	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1947
Pseudotorinia	subgenus	belongs to Architectonica	stated without evidence	Gardner, 1948
Pseudotorinia	subgenus	belongs to Architectonica	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1972
Pseudotorinia	genus	belongs to Architectonicidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Pseudotorinia	genus	belongs to Heterostrophia	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Architectonicidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Architectonicidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudotorinia

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) euprepes ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	7.25 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) eurybis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) melajoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) nupera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Architectonica euprepes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Architectonica eurybis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Architectonica melajoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia aloysii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia amoena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia architae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia armillata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia bullisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia colmani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia concava species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia delectabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia gemmulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia jonasi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia kraussi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia laseronorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia numulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia nupera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia obtusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia panamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia phorcysi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia sestertius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pseudotorinia yaroni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Punjabia marginostriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pseudotorina	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectonicidae : *Pseudotorina*
Awarua Mestayer, 1930	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectonicidae : *Awarua*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1892	Pseudotorinia Sacco
1930	Awarua Mestayer
1947	Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Gardner p. 589
1948	Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Gardner
1952	Punjabia Eames p. 38
1972	Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Ladd p. 18

Year	Name and Author
1972	Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Perrilliat p. 37
1982	Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Ladd p. 31
1987	Architectonica (Pseudotorinia) Perrilliat p. 14
2001	Pseudotorinia Todd
2002	Pseudotorinia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Punjabia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709

Eames F. E. (1952) A contribution to the study of the Eocene in Western Pakistan and Western India: C. The description of the Scaphopoda and Gastropoda from standard sections in the Rakhi Nala and Zindar Pir areas of the Western Punjab and in the Kohat District, Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Series B 236, 1-168

Ladd H. S. (1972) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532, 1-79

Perrilliat M. C. (1972) Monografia de los Moluscos del Mioceno Medio de Santa Rosa, Verazruz, Mexico, Paleontologia Mexicana 32, 1-130

Ladd H. S. (1982) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171, 1-100

Perrilliat M.C. (1987) Gasteropodos y un cefalopodo de la formacion Ferrotepec (Mioceno Medio) de Michoacan, Paleontologia Mexicana 52, 1-58

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

in Bellardi & Sacco, Moll. Terr. terz. Piemonte Liguria, 12 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Neave, Sheffield Airey. (1939-1996). Nomenclator Zoologicus vol. 1-10 Online. [developed by uBio, hosted online at MBLWHOI Library]. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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