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Pteronotus

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	159108	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=159108

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pteronotus

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
genus	Pteronotus	(Swainson 1833)

Common Name

mustached bat

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pteronotus	genus	belongs to Gastropoda	stated with evidence	Finlay, 1929

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (50%)

First Recorded Appearance

1.63 - 0.34 Ma
Pleistocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Gastropoda)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

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
Pteronotus laetificus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	1.63 Ma Pleistocene	1.63 Ma Pleistocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1833	Pterynotus Swainson
1880	Marchia Jousseaume p. 335
1885	Timbellus de Gregario p. 275
1890	Murex (Pterynotus) Dall p. 142
1899	Pterymurex Roverto
1929	Pteronotus Finlay p. 76
1970	Pterynotus Vokes p. 8
1977	Pterynotus Ladd p. 39
1982	Pterynotus Ladd p. 42
1989	Pterynotus Vaught et al.

Year	Name and Author
1990	Pterynotus Beu et al. p. 414
1994	Pterynotus Wilson p. 34
1995	Pterynotus Squires and Goedert p. 265
2001	Pterynotus Squires p. 9
2001	Pterynotus Todd
2001	Pterynotus Wienrich p. 470
2002	Marchia Sepkoski, Jr.
2002	Pterynotus Sepkoski, Jr.
2007	Pterynotus Landau et al. p. 16
2017	Timbellus Darragh p. 73

References

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

Vokes E. H. (1970) Cenozoic Muricidae of the Western Atlantic region. Part V - Pterynotus and Poirieria, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 8 1, 1-50

Ladd H. S. (1977) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Eratoidae through Harpidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 533, 1-84

Ladd H. S. (1982) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171, 1-100

Vaught K. C.., Abbott R. T., et al (1989) , A classification of the living Mollusca, 1-195

Beu A. G., Maxwell P.A., et al (1990) Cenozoic Mollusca of New Zealand, New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 58

Wilson B. (1994) , Australian Marine Shells 2

Squires R. L., Goedert J. L. (1995) New Species of Middle Eocene Gastropods from the Northern Doty Hills, Southwestern Washington, The Veliger 38 3, 254-269

Squires R. L. (2001) Additions to the Eocene megafossil fauna of the Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, southern California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 489, 1-40

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Landau B., Houart R., et al (2007) The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 7: Muricidae, Palaeontos 11, 1-87

Darragh T. A. (2017) Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia, Records of the Western Australian Museum 32, 29-100 doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(1).2017.029-100

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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