Learning Center What is a mineral?The most common minerals on earth Information for Educators Mindat Articles The Elements The Rock H. Currier Digital Library Geologic Time

Minerals by Properties Minerals by Chemistry Advanced Locality Search Random Mineral Random Locality Search by minID Localities Near Me Search Articles Search Glossary More Search Options

The Mindat Manual Add a New Photo Rate Photos Locality Edit Report Coordinate Completion Report Add Glossary Item

Mining Companies Statistics Users Mineral Museums Clubs & Organizations Mineral Shows & Events The Mindat Directory Device Settings The Mineral Quiz

Photo Search Photo Galleries Search by Color New Photos Today New Photos Yesterday Members' Photo Galleries Past Photo of the Day Gallery Photography

BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Anoptychia ✝

Photos

Photo Gallery

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4613595	https://www.gbif.org/species/4613595
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9478	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9478

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Anoptychiidae : Anoptychia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Allogastropoda : Anoptychiidae : Anoptychia

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
order	Heterostropha
order	Allogastropoda	Haszprunar 1985
superfamily	Mathildoidea	Dall 1889
family	Anoptychiidae	Bandel 1995
genus	Anoptychia	Koken 1892

Scientific Name

Anoptychia Koken, 1892

Name Published In

N. Jahrb. Min. Geol. Pal., 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Anoptychia	subgenus	belongs to Loxonema	stated with evidence	Kittl, 1894
Anoptychia	subgenus	belongs to Zygopleura	stated with evidence	Haas, 1953
Anoptychia	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Anoptychia	genus	belongs to Anoptychiidae	stated with evidence	Nützel et al., 2003

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

318 - 315 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

172 - 168 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Gastropoda)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. Koken. 1892. Ueber die Gastropoden der rothen Schlernschichten nebst Bemerkungen über Verbreitung und Herkunft einiger triassicher Gattungen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaeontologie 2(1):25-36

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Anoptychia hastata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	172 Ma Middle Jurassic	172 Ma Middle Jurassic
Anoptychia oregonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	222 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Anoptychia turgida ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	197 Ma Early Jurassic	197 Ma Early Jurassic
Chemnitzia turgida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Loxonema (Anoptychia) carinata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Loxonema (Anoptychia) janus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Loxonema (Anoptychia) multitorquata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		11	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Loxonema (Anoptychia) nifukokoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Loxonema (Anoptychia) subnuda ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	237 Ma Middle Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Loxonema (Anoptychia) supraplecta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Loxonema (Anoptychia) vittata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Loxonema janus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Loxonema subnuda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melania multitorquata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Melania supraplecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Turritella carinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygopleura (Anoptychia) ninacacana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	228 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Zygopleura (Anoptychia) tilarniocensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic	209 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Zygopleura ninacacana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Zygopleura tilarniocensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1892	Anoptychia Koken
1894	Loxonema (Anoptychia) Kittl p. 151
1953	Zygopleura (Anoptychia) Haas p. 122
2002	Anoptychia Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Anoptychia Nützel et al. p. 94
2013	Anoptychia Gründel and Nützel p. 804

References

Koken E. Ueber die Gastropoden der rothen Schlernschichten nebst Bemerkungen über Verbreitung und Herkunft einiger triassicher Gattungen, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palaeontologie 2 1, 25-36

Kittl E. Die Gastropoden der Schichten von St. Cassian der südalpinen Trias. III. Theil, Annalen des Kaiserlich-Königlischen Naturhistorischen Hofmuseums 9, 143-277

Haas O. (1953) Mesozoic invertebrate faunas of Peru, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 101, 1-328

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

Nützel A., Blodgett R. B., et al (2003) Late Triassic gastropods from the Martin Bridge Formation (Wallowa Terrane) of northeaster Oregon and their paleogeographic significance, Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 228 1, 83-100

Gründel J., Nützel A. (2013) Evolution and classification of Mesozoic mathildoid gastropods, Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 58, 803-826

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

N. Jahrb. Min. Geol. Pal., 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!

Quick NavTop Fossil Distribution Subtaxa Synonymy List References

Mindat.org is an outreach project of the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy, a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
Copyright © mindat.org and the Hudson Institute of Mineralogy 1993-2024, except where stated. Most political location boundaries are © OpenStreetMap contributors. Mindat.org relies on the contributions of thousands of members and supporters. Founded in 2000 by Jolyon Ralph.
Privacy Policy - Terms & Conditions - Contact Us / DMCA issues - Report a bug/vulnerability Current server date and time: May 1, 2024 09:25:08

Go to top of page