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Phymatopleura ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3244898	https://www.gbif.org/species/3244898
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9104	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9104

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phymatopleuridae : Phymatopleura

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phymatopleuridae : Phymatopleura

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	Vetigastropoda	Salvini-Plawen 1980
order	Pleurotomariida	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Pleurotomarioidea
family	Phymatopleuridae	Batten 1956
genus	Phymatopleura	Girty 1939

Scientific Name

Phymatopleura Girty, 1939

Name Published In

J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 29

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Phymatopleura	subgenus	belongs to Pleurotomaria	stated with evidence	Reed, 1944
Phymatopleura	genus	belongs to Phymatopleuridae	stated with evidence	Batten, 1956
Phymatopleura	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Phymatopleura	genus	belongs to Phymatopleuridae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

365 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

254 - 252 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Pleurotomarioidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Pleurotomarioidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

G. H. Girty. 1939. Certain pleurotomariid gastropods from the Carboniferous of New Mexico and Texas. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 29(1):21-36

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Orestes nodosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phymatopleura brazoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	307 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Phymatopleura heteropeura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Phymatopleura heteropleura ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	331 Ma Carboniferous	331 Ma Carboniferous
Phymatopleura kattaensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Phymatopleura linkiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Phymatopleura nodosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		23	318 Ma Carboniferous	314 Ma Carboniferous
Phymatopleura preclara ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Phymatopleura thyrrena ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Phymatopleura verneuili ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria (Phymatopleura) baccata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria (Phymatopleura) paraliensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	260 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria (Phymatopleura) uchhaliensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria baccata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria brazoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria kattaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria linkiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria paraliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria thyrrena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria uchhaliensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria verneuili species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Orestes Girty, 1911	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phymatopleuridae : *Orestes*
Crestes Cossmann, 1913	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Phymatopleuridae : *Crestes*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1912	Orestes Girty p. 137
1939	Phymatopleura Girty
1944	Pleurotomaria (Phymatopleura) Reed p. 325
1956	Phymatopleura Batten p. 42
1960	Phymatopleura Knight et al. p. 215
2002	Phymatopleura Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Phymatopleura Bouchet et al.

References

Girty G. H. (1939) Certain pleurotomariid gastropods from the Carboniferous of New Mexico and Texas, Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 29 1, 21-36

Girty G. H. (1912) On some new genera and species of Pennsylvanian fossils from the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences 21 2, 119-156

Reed F. R. C. (1944) Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range, Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23 2, 1-596

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

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

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Wash. Acad. Sci., 29 - 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

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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