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Puncturella (puncturella)

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1827Puncturella Lowe
1923Puncturella Clark and Arnold p. 173
1944Puncturella Durham p. 153
1947Puncturella Harris and Palmer p. 220
1960Puncturella Knight et al. p. 228
1974Puncturella Abbott p. 22
1982Puncturella Ladd p. 21
1985Puncturella Farinati p. 215
1993Puncturella Wilson p. 57
1996Puncturella Squires and Goedert p. 230
2001Puncturella Todd
2002Puncturella Sepkoski
2010Puncturella Kiel et al. p. 28

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
genusPuncturellaLowe 1827

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. Puncturella Lowe 1827 [puncturella]
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Subg. Puncturella (Cranopsis) Adams 1860
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Subg. Puncturella (Fissurisepta) Seguenza 1863
Subg. †Puncturella (Rixa) Iredale 1924
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Rixa watsoni Henn 1894
Puncturella barksdalei Durham 1944
Puncturella conica d'Orbigny 1841
Puncturella cooperi Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Puncturella ralphi Berry 1947 [synonym]
Puncturella delosi Arnold 1907
Puncturella mcleani Kiel et al. 2010
Puncturella noachina Linnaeus 1771
Puncturella rothi McLean 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:42:04
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:46:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bathonian to the top of the Holocene or 168.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 166.1 Ma

Collections (76 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Puncturella acuta (38738)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9USA (California) Puncturella mcleani (151968)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland Puncturella sp. (22943)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) Puncturella caminata (6267)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Puncturella sp. (7275 8049)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (South Carolina) Puncturella sp. (5343)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) Puncturella jacksonensis (90704 164232)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) Puncturella sp. (205430)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (North Carolina) Puncturella sp. (5366)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Washington) Puncturella barksdalei (91606 91607)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9USA (South Carolina) Puncturella sp. (5364)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) Puncturella sp. (135839)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) Puncturella palmerae (60771 60772)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic Puncturella sp. (74964)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Japan Puncturella nobilis (97111)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Puncturella sp. (131218)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) Puncturella fastigiata, Puncturella nobilis (62295)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica Fissurisepta vetula (69090) Fissurisepta vetula, Puncturella vetula (69094) Puncturella vetula (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Puncturella cooperi (189541) Puncturella cucullata (189542)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Japan Puncturella nobilis (97077)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Puncturella cuculata (217009)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806USA (California) Puncturella cooperi (214281 214287) Puncturella cucullata, Puncturella cooperi (189765 189768)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (Oregon) Puncturella galeata (71142)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Puncturella agger, Puncturella pileopsis (78046)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Puncturella cooperi (37939 37947)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Greenland Puncturella noachina (75200)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Puncturella cooperi, Puncturella delosi (200409 223329) Puncturella cuculata (207886) Puncturella cucullata (138723 202637 202638 202639 202648 203095 203113 203114) Puncturella cucullata, Puncturella cooperi, Puncturella delosi, Puncturella galeata (223325) Puncturella cucullata, Puncturella galeata (202632 202634 202636 222663 222665) Puncturella delosi (202973 223525) Puncturella galeata (202633 203108) Puncturella ralphi, Puncturella punctocostata (203119)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Puncturella cucullata (222660) Puncturella multistriata, Puncturella galeata (37672) Puncturella rothi (200653)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (British Columbia) Puncturella multistriata (75232)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (glacial)0.129 - 0.0117Iceland Puncturella noachina (75056 75057)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Puncturella noachina (75526)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Greenland (Disko Island) Puncturella noachina (227045 227046)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Maine) Puncturella noachina (66339 66345)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Alaska) Puncturella longifissa (37632)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Puncturella noachina (66509)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina Puncturella conica (198739)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Greenland Puncturella noachina (75220)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Quebec) Puncturella noachina (51005)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (New Jersey) Puncturella noachina (66630)