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Peruniscus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4616842https://www.gbif.org/species/4616842
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)9094https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9094
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Peruniscus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Tropidodiscidae : Peruniscus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoideaKnight 1956
familyTropidodiscidae
subfamilyTemnodiscinaeHorný 1962
genusPeruniscusHorný 1962
Scientific NamePeruniscus Horný, 1962
Name Published InVest. ústred. Ust. Geol. 37
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Peruniscussubgenusbelongs to Tropidodiscusstated with evidenceHorný, 1962
Peruniscusgenusbelongs to Tropidodiscinaestated with evidenceHorný, 1963
Peruniscusgenusbelongs to Archaeogastropodasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Peruniscusgenusbelongs to Temnodiscinaestated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
First Recorded Appearance479 - 472 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Motilityslow-moving (based on Bellerophontida)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Bellerophontida)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. J. Horný. 1962. New genera of Bohemian lower Paleozoic Bellerophontina. Vestník Ústredniho Ústavu Geologického 37(5):473-476

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bellerophon cassinensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Bellerophon macer ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		5479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Bellerophon ramseyensis ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		1479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician		479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Temnodiscus pusillus ✝
species		accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)		12466 Ma
Middle Ordovician		461 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1962Peruniscus Horný
1962Tropidodiscus (Peruniscus) Horný p. 474
1963Peruniscus Horný
2002Peruniscus Sepkoski, Jr.
2017Peruniscus Wagner p. G129

References

Horný R. J. (1962) New genera of Bohemian lower Paleozoic Bellerophontina, Vestník Ústredniho Ústavu Geologického 37 5, 473-476
Horný R. J. (1963) Lower Paleozoic Bellerophontina (Gastropoda) of Bohemia, Sborník Geologickych Ved 2, 57-164
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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
Vest. ústred. Ust. Geol. 37 - 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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