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Ataphrus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4616016	https://www.gbif.org/species/4616016
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8577	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8577

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Ataphridae : Ataphrus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ataphridae : Ataphrus

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	Ataphridae	Cossmann 1915
genus	Ataphrus	Gabb 1869

Scientific Name

Ataphrus Gabb, 1869

Name Published In

Geol. Surv. Calif., Palaeont., 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ataphrus	genus	belongs to Ataphridae	stated with evidence	Szabo, 1981
Ataphrus	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Ataphrus	genus	belongs to Ataphridae	stated without evidence	Kaim, 2004
Ataphrus	genus	belongs to Ataphridae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

2 (17%)

First Recorded Appearance

269 - 265 Ma
Permian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Trochoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Trochoidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

W. M. Gabb. 1868. Section II. Cretaceous Fossils. Part I. Description of New Species. Palaeontology of California, Volume II, Cretaceous and Tertiary Fossils

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Ataphrus (Ataphrus) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		6	191 Ma Early Jurassic	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Ataphrus acmon species	listed (PBDB)		3	176 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Ataphrus asiaticus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ataphrus chartroni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ataphrus cordevolensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ataphrus cossmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ataphrus deflexus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ataphrus folcoi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Ataphrus griffini species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ataphrus howsei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Ataphrus labadyei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	165 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ataphrus marschmidti species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	161 Ma Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Ataphrus naricopsiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Ataphrus ovulatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Ataphrus planilabium species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ataphrus planulatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Ataphrus reductus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chrysostoma howsei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Chrysostoma planulatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Monodonta ovulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus acmon species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochus folcoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turbo labadyei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1868	Ataphrus Gabb p. 171
1981	Ataphrus Szabo p. 61
1984	Ataphrus Kase p. 72
2002	Ataphrus Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Ataphrus Kaim p. 28
2005	Ataphrus Bouchet et al. p. 32

References

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

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

Kaim A. (2004) The evolution of conch ontogeny in Mesozoic open sea gastropods, Palaeontologia Polonica 62, 183pp.

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

Geol. Surv. Calif., Palaeont., 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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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