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Proconulus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4607329	https://www.gbif.org/species/4607329
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9144	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9144

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Proconulidae : Proconulus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Proconulidae : Proconulus

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
superfamily	Trochoidea
family	Proconulidae
genus	Proconulus	Cossmann 1918

Scientific Name

Proconulus Cossmann, 1918

Name Published In

Essais Paléoconch. Comp., 11, 276 (also as Pronoculus).

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Proconulus	genus	belongs to Proconulinae	stated with evidence	Cox, 1960
Proconulus	genus	belongs to Calliostomatinae	stated with evidence	Kase, 1984
Proconulus	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Proconulus	genus	belongs to Proconulinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (20%)

First Recorded Appearance

197 - 190 Ma
Early Jurassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Trochoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Trochoidea)

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
Chemnitzia galatensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proconulus arabiensis species	listed (PBDB)		9	166 Ma Middle Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Proconulus coronatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proconulus costatonodosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Proconulus epuliformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Proconulus epuloides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		10	197 Ma Early Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Proconulus galatensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Proconulus guillieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proconulus guisei species	listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Proconulus hudlestoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Proconulus ibbetsoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Proconulus rimosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Proconulus scherinus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Trochus arabiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus guisei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus ibbetsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus scherinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Pronoculus Cossmann, 1918	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Proconulidae : *Pronoculus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1918	Proconulus Cossmann
1960	Proconulus Cox
1960	Proconulus Knight et al. p. 248
1981	Proconulus Szabo p. 56
1984	Proconulus Kase p. 64
2002	Proconulus Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Proconulus Bouchet et al.

References

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

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

Szabo J. (1981) Lower and Middle Jurassic gastropods from the Bakony Mountains (Hungary). Part III. Patellacea and Trochacea (Archaeogastropoda), Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 73, 55-67

Kase T. (1984) , Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan, 1-262

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

Essais Paléoconch. Comp., 11, 276 (also as Pronoculus). - 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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