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Pterochelus
| Description | Pterochelus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Muricidae, the murex snails or rock snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterochelus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Pterochelus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Pterochelus Jousseaume, 1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Jousseaume, F. P. (1880). Division méthodique de la famille des Purpuridés. Le Naturaliste. 2(42): 335-338. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Muricidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Muricidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Pterochelus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Murex (Alipurpura) coosensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | |
| Murex angelus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterochelus acanthopterus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterochelus akation species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterochelus ariomus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterochelus duffusi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterochelus triformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterochelus undosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterochelus webbi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterochelus westralis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterynotus (Pterochelus) acanthopterus species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Pterynotus (Pterochelus) angelus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Pterynotus (Pterochelus) ariomus species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Pterynotus (Pterochelus) tristichus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Alipurpura Bayle, 1884 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Alipurpura |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1880 | Pterochelus Jousseaume p. 335 |
| 1884 | Alipurpura Fischer p. 641 |
| 1930 | Pteronotus (Pterochelus) Finlay p. 77 |
| 1938 | Murex (Alipurpura) Turner p. 80 |
| 1970 | Pterynotus (Pterochelus) Vokes p. 15 |
| 2001 | Pterochelus Todd |
| 2002 | Pterochelus Sepkoski, Jr. |
References
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!
