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Phanerotinus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4599545	https://www.gbif.org/species/4599545
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8485	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8485

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Phanerotinus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Phanerotinus

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	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Euomphaloidea
family	Euomphalidae	White 1877
genus	Phanerotinus	Sowerby 1843

Scientific Name

Phanerotinus Sowerby, 1843

Name Published In

Min. Conch., 7

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Phanerotinus	genus	belongs to Euomphalidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Phanerotinus	genus	belongs to Euomphalidae	stated without evidence	Morris and Cleevely, 1981
Phanerotinus	genus	belongs to Euomphalidae	stated with evidence	Linsley and Kier, 1984
Phanerotinus	genus	belongs to Euomphalina	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

388 - 383 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

336 - 326 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

stationary

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Euomphalidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J.d.C. Sowerby. 1844. No. CX of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 7

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Euomphalus cristatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	345 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Euomphalus serpula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Phanerotinus intermedius ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	354 Ma Carboniferous	354 Ma Carboniferous
Phanerotinus mundus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Phanerotinus nudus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Phanerotinus serpula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	345 Ma Carboniferous	339 Ma Carboniferous

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Phanerotina Bronn, 1851	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : *Phanerotina*
Phaneratinus Philippi, 1853	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : *Phaneratinus*
Phancratinus Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : *Phancratinus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1844	Phanerotinus Sowerby
1960	Phanerotinus Knight et al. p. 194
1981	Phanerotinus Morris and Cleevely
1984	Phanerotinus Linsley and Kier
2002	Phanerotinus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sowerby J.d.C. No. CX of the mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth, The mineral conchology of Great Britain 7

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

Morris N.J., Cleevely R. J. (1981) Phanerotinus cristatus (Phillips) and the nature of euomphalacean gastropods, Molluscans, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 35 3, 195-212

Linsley R. M., Kier W.M. (1984) The Paragastropoda: a proposal for a new class of Paleozoic Mollusca, Malacologia 25 1, 241-254

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

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

Min. Conch., 7 - 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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