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Trochus elliptica

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5933476https://www.gbif.org/species/5933476
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)80161https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=80161
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Trochus elliptica
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Trochus elliptica
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
orderMurchisoniinaCox and Knight 1960
superfamilyEotomarioideaWenz 1938
familyGosseletinidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyCoelozoninaeKnight 1956
genusDeacheospiraWagner 1999
speciesTrochus ellipticaHisinger 1837
Generic NameTrochus
Scientific NameTrochus elliptica (Hisinger, 1837)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Deacheospira ellipticaspeciesbelongs to Trochusstated without evidenceHisinger, 1837
Deacheospira ellipticaspeciesbelongs to Pleurotomariastated without evidenceLindström, 1884
Deacheospira ellipticaspeciesbelongs to Palaeoschismastated without evidenceDonald, 1902
Deacheospira ellipticaspeciesbelongs to Eotomariastated without evidenceCowper Reed, 1906
Deacheospira ellipticaspeciesbelongs to Clathrospirastated with evidenceYochelson, 1963
Deacheospira ellipticaspeciesbelongs to Deacheospirastated with evidenceWagner, 1999
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance467 - 461 Ma
Middle Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance456 - 446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniina)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Murchisoniina)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W.v. Hisinger. 1837. Lethaea svecica seu petrificata sveceia, iconibus et characteribus illustrata

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Deacheospira elliptica (Hisinger, 1837)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Deacheospira elliptica
Palaeoschisma elliptica (Hisinger, 1837)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Palaeoschisma elliptica
Eotomaria elliptica (Hisinger, 1837)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Eotomaria elliptica
Clathrospira elliptica (Hisinger, 1837)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Clathrospira elliptica
Pleurotomaria elliptica (Hisinger, 1837)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Pleurotomaria elliptica
Deaechospira elliptica (Hisinger, 1837)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Deacheospira : Deaechospira elliptica

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1837Trochus elliptica Hisinger
1884Pleurotomaria elliptica Lindström p. 104 figs. pl. 8 f. 10-14
1889Pleurotomaria elliptica Koken p. 322 figs. pl. 10 f. 6-6a
1902Palaeoschisma elliptica Donald p. 335
1906Eotomaria elliptica Cowper Reed p. 360
1963Clathrospira elliptica Yochelson pp. 194 - 196 figs. pl. 6 f. 11-17
1997Clathrospira elliptica Horný p. 57
1999Deacheospira elliptica Wagner
2007Deaechospira elliptica Frisk and Ebbestad p. 94–95 figs. 6A-K
2017Deacheospira elliptica Wagner p. 1390

References

Hisinger W.v. , Lethaea svecica seu petrificata sveceia, iconibus et characteribus illustrata, 1-63
Lindström G. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland, Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19, 1-250
Koken E. Ueber die Entwickelung der Gastropoden vom Cambrium bis zur Trias, Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Palaeontologie 6: 305–484. 6, 305-484
Donald J. G. (1902) On some of the Proterozoic Gasteropoda which have been referred to Murchisonia and Pleurotomaria, with descriptions of new subgenera and species, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 58 4, 313-339
Cowper Reed F. R. (1906) III. Sedgwick Museum notes. New fossils from the Haverfordwest District. Gasteropoda, Geological Magazine 3, 363-363
Yochelson E. L. (1963) The Middle Ordovician of the Oslo Region, Norway. 15. Monoplacophora and Gastropoda, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 43 2, 133-213
Horný R. J. (1997) Ordovician Tergomya and Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Anti-Atlas (Morocco), Acta Musei Nationalis Pragae, Series B - Historia Naturalis 53 3-4, 37-78
Wagner P. J. (1999) Phylogenetics of the earliest anisostrophically coiled gastropods, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 88, 1-132
Frisk Å. M., Ebbestad J. O. R. (2007) Paragastropoda, Tergomya and Gastropoda (Mollusca) from the Upper Ordovician Dalby Limestone, Sweden, Geologiskt Forum 129 2, 83-99
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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