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Pleurotomaria

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Pleurotomaria anglica

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Pleurotomaria anglica

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Pleurotomaria anglica

Black Ven and The Spittles, Lyme Regis, West Dorset, Dorset, England, UK

Description

Pleurotomaria is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pleurotomariidae.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotomaria, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9092756	https://www.gbif.org/species/9092756
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9129	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9129

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Microdomatidae : Pleurotomaria

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pleurotomariidae : Pleurotomaria

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
superorder	Vetigastropoda	Salvini-Plawen 1980
order	Pleurotomariida	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Pleurotomarioidea
family	Pleurotomariidae	Swainson 1840
genus	Pleurotomaria	Defrance 1826

Scientific Name

Pleurotomaria

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pleurotomaria	genus	belongs to Pleurotomariidae	stated with evidence	Swainson, 1840
Pleurotomaria	subgenus	belongs to Trochonema	stated with evidence	Hall, 1867
Pleurotomaria	subgenus	belongs to Euomphalus	stated without evidence	Remelé, 1888
Pleurotomaria	genus	belongs to Pleurotomariidae	stated with evidence	Stanton, 1895
Pleurotomaria	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pleurotomaria	genus	belongs to Pleurotomariidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

126

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (2.4%)

First Recorded Appearance

468 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

omnivore

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. L. M. Defrance. 1826. Conchyliologie et Malacologie. In F. G. Levrault (ed.), Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 10:1-36

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleurotomaria

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Pleurotomaria (Anodomaria) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	8	201 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria (Pleurotomaria) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	3	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	38.0 Ma Eocene
Pleurotomaria (Sagana) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleurotomaria agarista ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria albertiana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleurotomaria alpina ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	112 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Pleurotomaria amalthea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria amalthei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria anglica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	13	201 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria angulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria antitorquata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria apicialis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pleurotomaria arctica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria arenaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria armata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	170 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pleurotomaria atomus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria awakinoensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria bicarinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria bicingulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria bicoronata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Pleurotomaria biondii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria bittneri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria bodana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria brennensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria cancellata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria cancellatocingulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria carinifera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria catherinae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria cingulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria coarctata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria cochlea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria cognata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria coheni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria comata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria coniformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria coniformis species	listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria costulatocanaliculata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria debuchi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria decorata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria discoidea ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria doris ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria elderi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria escheri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria estella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria exaltata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria gracilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria gracilis ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria granulosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria halliana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria haueri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria hectori ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	52	237 Ma Middle Triassic	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria helicoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria hennocquii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria hettangiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria hisingeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Pleurotomaria hokonuiensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleurotomaria humerosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	314 Ma Carboniferous	303 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria hyale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria indica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria indica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleurotomaria intermedia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria isaacsii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria isomorpha ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria karetai ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria kiritehereensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	9	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria koatensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	252 Ma Permian	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleurotomaria kroisbachensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Pleurotomaria laevigata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria leysseri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleurotomaria lineata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria mariani ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria mazarensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria mica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria monilifera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Pleurotomaria monilifera ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria multicincta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	190 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria murchisoniaeformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria neglecta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria neosolodurina ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	157 Ma Jurassic	157 Ma Jurassic
Pleurotomaria nikitini ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria nuda ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria obliqua ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	272 Ma Permian	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria obliqua ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria otapiriensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	206 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria perfasciata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria pericarinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria perornata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria perversa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Pleurotomaria planulata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	272 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria platyspira ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	197 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria postumia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria praebaucis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleurotomaria proutiana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria psiche ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria putilla ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	265 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria quenstedti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria replicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Pleurotomaria retroplicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria richardsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	272 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria roemeri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Pleurotomaria rotundata species	listed (PBDB)	3	176 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Pleurotomaria salomonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria subhaueri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleurotomaria subsulcata species	listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria subtilistriata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria suessii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	6	199 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Pleurotomaria sulcata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Pleurotomaria thebensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Pleurotomaria timorensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	290 Ma Permian	272 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria tricarinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria trinchesii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria turbinata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleurotomaria turbo ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Pleurotomaria vacavillensis species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	0 Ma Extant
Pleurotomaria verdachellensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria viola ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Pleurotomaria virgo ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria waimumu ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	242 Ma Middle Triassic	242 Ma Middle Triassic
Pleurotomaria wanderbachi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	201 Ma Early Jurassic	201 Ma Early Jurassic
Turbo wurmii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria yongshengensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1826	Pleurotomaria Defrance p. 139
1840	Pleurotomaria Swainson p. 353
1861	Pleurotomaria idia Hall p. 35
1867	Trochonema (Pleurotomaria) Hall
1868	Pleurotomaria idia Hall p. 393 figs. pl. 15 f. 15-16
1888	Euomphalus (Pleurotomaria) Remelé
1895	Pleurotomaria Stanton p. 64

Year	Name and Author
1906	Pleurotomaria verticillata Webster
1924	Pleurotomaria verticillata Fenton and Fenton p. 176 figs. pl. 37 f. 11-12
1960	Pleurotomaria Knight et al. p. 184
1980	Pleurotomaria Szabo p. 57
2002	Pleurotomaria Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Pleurotomaria Bouchet et al. p. 136
2014	Pleurotomaria Ferrari p. 569

References

Defrance J. L. M. Conchyliologie et Malacologie, Dictionnaire des Sciences Naturelles 10, 1-36

Hall J. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the investigations of the Survey, Geological Survey of Wisconsin Progress Report 1861, 11-52

Hall J. Account of some new or little known species of fossils from rocks of the age of the Niagara Group, State of New York in Senate Document 239, 305-410

Remelé A. Ueber einige Glossophoren aus Untersilur-Geschieben des norddeutschen Diluviums, Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 40, 666-670

Stanton T. W. Contributions to the Cretaceous paleontology of the Pacific coast. : The fauna of the Knoxville, Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey 133, 1-132 doi:10.3133/b133

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

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

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

Szabo J. (1980) Lower and Middle Jurassic Gastropods from the Bakony Mountains (Hungary). Part II. Pleurotomariacea and Fissurellacea (Archaeograstropoda), Annales Historico-Naturales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 72, 49-71

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

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

Ferrari S. M. (2014) Patellogastropoda and Vetigastropoda (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the marine Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina, Historical Biology 26, 563-581

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Min. Conch., 3 (49) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

International Commission on Zoological Nomenclature. Opinion 582 Validation of the generic name Pleurotomaria as from Defrance, 1826 (class Gastropoda).Bulletin of Zoological Nomenclature 17, 276-280 (1960) - via Official Lists and Indexes of Names in Zoology

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