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Floyda concentrica

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8668732https://www.gbif.org/species/8668732
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)73712https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=73712
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floyda concentrica
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floyda concentrica
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassEogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1996
orderEuomphalinade Koninck 1881
superfamilyPalaeotrochoidea
familyPalaeotrochidaeKnight 1956
genusFloydaWebster 1905
speciesFloyda concentricaWebster 1905
Generic NameFloyda
Scientific NameFloyda concentrica (Webster, 1905)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Floyda concentricaspeciesbelongs to Floydastated without evidenceWebster, 1905
Floyda concentricaspeciessubjective synonym of Floyda giganteastated with evidenceDay, 1987
Floyda concentricaspeciesbelongs to Floydastated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance383 - 372 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance365 - 361 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian
Motilitystationary (based on Euomphalina)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Euomphalina)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. L. Webster. 1905. Description of a new gastropod genus (Westerna) from the Hackberry group of Iowa. Iowa Naturalist 1:54-55

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Naticopsis gigantea (Hall & Whitfield, 1873)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Naticopsis gigantea
Naticopsis gigantea depressa (Webster, 1906)GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Naticopsis gigantea depressa
Naticopsis magnifica (Webster, 1905)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Naticopsis magnifica
Floyda concentrica multisinuata (Fenton, 1918)GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floyda concentrica multisinuata
Floydia gigantea (Hall & Whitfield, 1873)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floydia gigantea
Floydia magnifica (Webster, 1905)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floydia magnifica
Platyceras gigantea (Hall & Whitfield, 1873)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Platyceras gigantea
Floyda gigantea (Hall & Whitfield, 1873)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floyda gigantea
Floyda depressa (Webster, 1906)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floyda depressa
Floyda multisinuata (Fenton, 1918)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floyda multisinuata
Floydia concentrica (Webster, 1905)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Palaeotrochidae : Floyda : Floydia concentrica

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1873Naticopsis gigantea Hall and Whitfield pp. 238 - 239 figs. pl. 12 f. 8-10
1905Floyda concentrica Webster pp. 39 - 40
1905Naticopsis magnifica Webster pp. 58
1906Naticopsis gigantea depressa Webster p. 3
1909Naticopsis gigantea Kindle p. 35
1909Naticopsis gigantea Webster p. 45 figs. pl. 9 f. 1-11
1918Naticopsis gigantea Fenton p. 222 figs. pl. 7 f. 1-3
YearName and Author
1918Floyda concentrica multisinuata Fenton p. 223 figs. pl. 7 f. 4
1924Floydia gigantea Fenton and Fenton pp. 182 - 183 figs. pl. 34 f. 5; pl. 35 f. 1-10; pl. 36 f. 1
1924Floydia concentrica Fenton and Fenton pp. 184 - 185 figs. pl. 34 f. 6; pl. 37 f. 4-9; pl. 43 f. 1-
1924Floyda concentrica multisinuata Fenton and Fenton p. 186 figs. pl. 34 f. 7; pl. 38 f. 15
1963Platyceras (Platyostoma) gigantea Bass and Northrop p. J22
1987Floyda gigantea Day pp. 969 – 970 figs. 7, 8.1-8.5
2017Floyda concentrica Wagner p. S3737

References

Webster C. L. (1905) Description of a new gastropod genus (Westerna) from the Hackberry group of Iowa, Iowa Naturalist 1, 54-55
Hall J., Whitfield R. P. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Devonian rocks of Iowa; with a preliminary note on the formations, Geological Survey of Iowa, 222-243
Webster C. L. (1905) On some species of fossils from the Hackberry Group of Iowa, Iowa Naturalist 1 3, 58-59
Webster C. L. (1906) Description of new species of gastropods from the lower and middle beds of the Hackberry Group, Iowa Naturalist 2, 1-4
Kindle E. M. (1909) The Devonian fauna of the Ouray Limestone, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 391, 1-60
Fenton C. L., Fenton M. A. (1924) The stratigraphy and fauna of the Hackberry stage of the Upper Devonian, Contributions from the Museum of Geology, the University of Michigan 1 1, 1-260
Bass N. W., Northrop S. A. (1963) Geology of Glenwood Springs Quadrangle and Vicinity Northwestern Colorado, U. S. Geological Survey Bulletin 1142-J, J1-J74
Day J. (1987) Revision, distribution, and extinction of the Middle and early Late Devonian archaeogastropod genera Floyda and Turbonopsis, Journal of Paleontology 61 5, 960-973
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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