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Circulus

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Circulus may refer to:

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2301536	https://www.gbif.org/species/2301536
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8665	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8665

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vitrinellidae : Circulus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vitrinellidae : Circulus

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
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
-	Discopoda
superfamily	Rissooidea	Gray 1847
family	Vitrinellidae	Bush 1897
genus	Circulus	Jeffreys 1865

Scientific Name

Circulus Jeffreys, 1865

Name Published In

Brit. Conch., 3

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Circulus	subgenus	belongs to Vitrinella	stated with evidence	Maury, 1917
Circulus	genus	belongs to Vitrinellidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1947
Circulus	genus	belongs to Cyclostrematidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1948
Circulus	genus	belongs to Adeorbinae	stated with evidence	Marquet, 1997
Circulus	genus	belongs to Adeorbiidae	stated with evidence	Lozouet, 1998
Circulus	genus	belongs to Vitrinellidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Circulus	genus	belongs to Vitrinellidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Circulus	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (23%)

First Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Rissooidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Rissooidea)

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

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Circulus anthera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus bailyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus bakeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus biporcatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus choshiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus cinguliferus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus congoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus cosmius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus cycloma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus delectabilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus deprinsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus diomedeae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus duminyi species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Circulus duplicarina species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus edomitus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus enaulus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Circulus estotensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Circulus gunteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus harriettae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus helicoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus hendersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus hennei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		25	23.0 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene
Circulus inornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus liratus species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Circulus liricincta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus liriope species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus madreensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus marchei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus microsculpturatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus mitorraphes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus modestus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus mortoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus nicholsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus novemcarinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus occidentalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	5.33 Ma Miocene	2.59 Ma Pleistocene
Circulus octoliratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus orbignyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus partulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus paulensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Circulus perlatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus politus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus praecedens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus pseudopraecedens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus quadricarinatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus rakhiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Circulus rossellinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus ryalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus sarsi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus semisculptus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus senegalensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus sigaretornuformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	23.0 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Circulus smithi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus soyoae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus stephani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus striatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	5.33 Ma Miocene	0.78 Ma Pleistocene
Circulus suppressus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus supranitidus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Circulus taigai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus teramachii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus texanus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Circulus tornatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclostrema striata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vitrinella (Circulus) striata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	11.6 Ma Miocene	11.6 Ma Miocene

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cyrculus Tiberi, 1872	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vitrinellidae : *Cyrculus*
Soyorota Habe, 1961	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vitrinellidae : *Soyorota*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1842	Circulus Jeffreys
1917	Vitrinella (Circulus) Maury p. 320
1947	Circulus Gardner p. 598
1948	Circulus Gardner p. 189
1997	Circulus Marquet p. 17
1998	Circulus Lozouet p. 86
2001	Circulus Todd
2001	Circulus Wienrich p. 399
2002	Circulus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709

Gardner J. A. (1948) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 B, 179-310

Marquet R. (1997) Pliocene gastropod faunas from Kallo (Oost-Vlaanderen, Belgium) - Part 2. Caenogastropoda: Potamididae-Tornidae, Contributions to Tertiary and Quaternary Geology 34 1-2, 9-29

Lozouet P. (1998) Nouvelles espéces de gastéropodes (Mollusca: Gastropoda) de L'Oligocéne et di Miocéne inférieur de"Aquitaine (sud-ouest de la France), Cossmanniana 5 3-4, 61-102

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

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Ponder, W.F. (1994).The anatomy relationships of three species of vitrinelliform gastropods (Caenogastropoda: Rissooidea) from Hong Kong. In: Proceedings of the Third International workshop on the malacofauna of Hong Kong and Southern China (Eds. Motrton, B.). The malacofauna of Hong Kong and southern China III, pp243-281. Hong Kong University Press, Hong Kong. - via World Register of Marine Species

Oliver J.D. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic, 2. Circulinae. Iberus 29(1): 9-33. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - 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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

(as Adeorbidae) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Brit. Conch., 3 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Oliver J.D. & Rolán E. (2011) The family Tornidae (Gastropoda, Rissooidea) in the East Atlantic, 2. Circulinae. Iberus 29(1): 9-33. - via World Register of Introduced Marine Species (WRiMS)

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