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Polygyrina ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4597169	https://www.gbif.org/species/4597169
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10293	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10293

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Goniospiridae : Polygyrina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Zygopleuridae : Polygyrina

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

doubtful

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
order	Murchisoniina	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Loxonematoidea
family	Zygopleuridae	Wenz 1938
subfamily	Zygopleurinae	Wenz 1938
genus	Polygyrina	Koken 1892

Scientific Name

Polygyrina Koken, 1892

Name Published In

N. Jahrb. Min. Geol. Pal., 1892 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Polygyrina	subgenus	belongs to Loxonema	stated with evidence	Haas, 1953
Polygyrina	genus	belongs to Loxonematidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Polygyrina	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Polygyrina	genus	belongs to Polygyrinidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

260 - 254 Ma
Permian

Last Recorded Appearance

209 - 201 Ma
Mesozoic

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Loxonematoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Loxonematoidea)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Loxonema (Polygyrina) lommeli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Melania lommeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Polygyrina depressa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	254 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Polygyrina lommeli ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		15	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	232 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Polygyrina peracuta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Polygyrina sichuanensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	254 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Polygyrina sichuanensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Polygyrina subtilostriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	260 Ma Permian	260 Ma Permian
Polygyrina venusta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Polygyrina zhongzhaiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	252 Ma Permian	252 Ma Permian
Turritella lommelii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Polygrina Diener, 1926	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Goniospiridae : *Polygrina*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1953	Loxonema (Polygyrina) Haas p. 112
1960	Polygyrina Knight et al. p. 312
2002	Polygyrina Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Polygyrina Bouchet et al. p. 137

References

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

Haas O. (1953) Mesozoic invertebrate faunas of Peru, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 101, 1-328

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

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

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

N. Jahrb. Min. Geol. Pal., 1892 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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