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Anchura ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3244456	https://www.gbif.org/species/3244456
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9472	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9472

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Aporrhaidae : Anchura

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Aporrhaidae : Anchura

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
superfamily	Stromboidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Aporrhaidae	Gray 1850
genus	Anchura	Conrad 1860

Scientific Name

Anchura Conrad, 1860

Name Published In

Conrad T.A. (1860). Description of new species of Cretaceous and Eocene fossils of Mississippi and Alabama. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. ser. 2, 4: 275-298.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anchura	genus	belongs to Aporrhainae	stated without evidence	Sohl, 1964
Anchura	genus	belongs to Aporrhaidae	stated with evidence	Saul and Popenoe, 1993
Anchura	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

170 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore, suspension feeder

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
Anchura (Anchura) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	122 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Anchura abrupta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura ainikta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura americana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura andersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura angulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura bakeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura baptos ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura bexarensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura bicarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura caddoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura calcaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura callosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	85.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura campbelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura carnifera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura carrascoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura catedralis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura chapelvillensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura ciboloensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura coffea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura cooki species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura corniculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura denticulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura dubius ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	101 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura englishi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Anchura falciformis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	89.8 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura forresteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura fusiformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura gabbi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Anchura gibbera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura granuligera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura halberdopsis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura hannai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura haydeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura hoggi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura hopii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura horreana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura infortunata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Anchura johnsoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura kiowana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura lamari species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura lynnensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura monmouthensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura mudgeana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura nanaimoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Anchura neubaueri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura noackensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura nurekensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura pelsaerti ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Anchura perreta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura perveta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura phaba ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura plenocosta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura pontana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura prolabiata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura quadrilirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura quitmanensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura requieniana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Anchura ruida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura substriata ✝ species	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	83.5 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Anchura tricosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura turricula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura umbrana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Anchura whitneyensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Aporrhais falciformis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Fusus dubius species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Rostellaria requieniana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1860	Anchura Conrad
1964	Anchura Sohl p. 366
1993	Anchura Saul and Popenoe p. 353
2002	Anchura Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Sohl N. F. (1964) Gastropods from the coffee Sand (Upper Cretaceous) of Mississippi, USGS Professional Paper 331C, 345-394

Saul L. R., Popenoe W. P. (1993) Additions to Pacific slope Turonian Gastropoda, The Veliger 36 4, 351-388

Conrad T.A. (1860). Description of new species of Cretaceous and Eocene fossils of Mississippi and Alabama. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. ser. 2, 4: 275-298. - via World Register of Marine Species

GBIF/Paleo Database - 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

J. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., (2) 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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