Basic info Taxonomic history Classification Included Taxa
Morphology Ecology and taphonomy External Literature Search Age range and collections

Assimineidae

Gastropoda - Assimineidae

Taxonomy
Assimineidae was named by Adams and Adams (1856) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5454]. It is extant. Its type is Assiminea.

It was assigned to Rissooidea by Beesley (1998) and Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Truncatelloidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Criscione and Ponder (2013), Bouchet et al. (2017) and Bullis et al. (2020).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Assimineidae Adams and Adams
1988Assimineidae Ponder and Warén p. 298
1998Assimineidae Beesley p. 756
2005Assimineidae Bouchet et al. p. 251
2013Assimineidae Criscione and Ponder
2017Assimineidae Bouchet et al. p. 345
2020Assimineidae Bullis et al. p. 7

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyAssimineidaeAdams and Adams 1856
familyAssimineidaeAdams and Adams 1856

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.

Fm. Assimineidae Adams and Adams 1856
show all | hide all
G. Assiminea Fleming 1828
hide
Subg. Assiminea (Ovassiminea) Thiele 1927
+
Assiminea striatura Bullis et al. 2020
Assiminea translucens Carpenter 1864
+
Invalid names: Assiminea californica Tryon 1865 [synonym]
G. Assiminia Fleming 1828
hide
Assiminia grayana Leach 1828
G. †Laternoides Yu and Xi 1977
hide
Laternoides drepanostoma Yu and Xi 1977
Subfm. Omphalotropidinae Thiele 1927
hide
G. Omphalotropis Pfeiffer 1851
Invalid names: Assimineinae Adams and Adams 1856 [empty], Ekadantinae Thiele 1929 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: marine, brackish, freshwater, terrestrialf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:09:44
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:09:44
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Holocene or 170.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.3 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3China (Yunnan) Assiminea obesa (165476)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1China (Yunnan) Laternoides drepanostoma (165480)
Early/Lower Cenomanian99.6 - 93.5Myanmar Assiminea striatura (111688)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Assiminea aldra (60985)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands Assiminea nitida (78034)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Israel Assimineidae indet. (197660)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Assiminea succinea (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Assiminea sp. (69090 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781United Kingdom (England) Assiminia grayana (84765)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Assiminea sp. (110489)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Assiminea californica (202495)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Assiminea transluscens (96590)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Dominican Republic Assiminea sp. (75422 75425)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Assiminea translucens (37933) Assiminea transluscens (37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Syncera translucens (138723)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Assiminea transluscens (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Assiminea californica (202490) Assiminea translucens (160361) Syncera translucens (96589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) Assiminea globulus (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan Assiminea castanea, Assiminea estuarina (97961)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Assiminea gehardiae (96354)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Mauritius Omphalotropis variegata (194169)