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Protostylus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4611198https://www.gbif.org/species/4611198
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)10334https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10334
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Orthonematidae : Protostylus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
superfamilyOrthonematoideaNützel and Bandel 2000
familyOrthonematidaeNützel and Bandel 2000
genusProtostylusMansuy 1914
Scientific NameProtostylus Mansuy, 1914
Name Published InMém. Serv. Géol. Indochine, 3, no. 2
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Protostylusgenusbelongs to Procerithiidaestated with evidenceBatten, 1985
Protostylusgenusbelongs to Neotaenioglossasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Protostylusgenusbelongs to Orthonematidaestated with evidenceNützel and Ketwetsuriya, 2016
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance279 - 272 Ma
Permian
Last Recorded Appearance254 - 252 Ma
Permian
Motilityactively mobile (based on Gastropoda)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Taphonomyaragonite (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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Protostylus exiguus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1254 Ma
Permian		254 Ma
Permian
Protostylus lantenoisi ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1279 Ma
Permian		279 Ma
Permian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1985Protostylus Batten p. 22
2002Protostylus Sepkoski, Jr.
2016Protostylus Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 505

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Batten R. L. (1985) Gastropods and chitons from Perak, Malaysia. Part 3: the murchisoniids, cerithiids, loxonematids, and subulitids, American Museum Novitates 2829, 1-40
Nützel A., Ketwetsuriya C. (2016) Systematic palaeontology, in Permian gastropods from the Tak Fa Limestone, Nakhon Sawan, northern Thailand, Bulletin of Geosciences 91, 481-513
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
Mém. Serv. Géol. Indochine, 3, no. 2 - 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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