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Hesperiella

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Taxonomy
Hesperiella was named by Holzapfel (1889) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 362,797]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Agnesiinae by Knight et al. (1960), Frýda (1997) and Ketwetsuriya et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Hesperiella Holzapfel
1960Hesperiella Knight et al. p. 206
1997Hesperiella Frýda
2002Hesperiella Sepkoski
2020Hesperiella Ketwetsuriya et al. p. 63

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPorcelliidae
subfamilyAgnesiinae
genusHesperiella

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Hesperiella Holzapfel 1889
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Hesperiella canningensis Cook et al. 2003
Hesperiella contraria de Koninck 1844
Hesperiella cyrtocostata Ketwetsuriya et al. 2020
Hesperiella ebbighauseni Bandel 1993
Hesperiella lahniensis Heidelberger 2001
Hesperiella permianus Batten 1989
Hesperiella thomsoni de Koninck 1883
Hesperiella wordensis Batten 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height65.323.5010.04.502.89
shell diameter65.763.808.006.302.11

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Wordian or 407.60000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections (27 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Australia (New South Wales) H. sp. (43890)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Hessen) H. lahniensis (38353)
Late/Upper Frasnian379.5 - 376.1Australia (Western Australia) H. canningensis (38986)
Early/Lower Famennian376.1 - 370.6Australia (Western Australia) H. canningensis (39001)
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Australia (New South Wales) H. elongata (43902 43903) H. elongata, H. robertsi (43901)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) H. elongata, H. robertsi (44080) H. planorbis (43904) H. planorbis, H. robertsi (43950 44088) H. robertsi (44079 44143 44158 44161)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) H. thomsoni (155882)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9Poland (Malopolskie) H. thomsoni (101993)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) H. sp., H. thomsoni (57131) H. thomsoni (73421)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) H. permianus (43589) H. permianus, H. wordensis (43491 43513) H. wordensis (43515 43562)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) H. permianus (43512) H. wordensis (101783)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Thailand (Ratchaburi) H. cyrtocostata (40954)