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Pomaulax

Gastropoda - Turbinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Pomaulax Gray
1938Astraea (Pomaulax) Woodring p. 22
1940Astraea (Pomaulax) Berry p. 10
1970Astraea (Pomaulax) Addicott p. 43
2002Astraea (Pomaulax) Hall p. 371
2002Pomaulax Sepkoski
2019Pomaulax Alf p. 79

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurbinidaeRafinesque 1815
genusPomaulaxGray 1850

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. Pomaulax Gray 1850
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Invalid names: Astraea raymondi Clark 1915 [synonym], Calliostoma bicarinatum Clark 1915 [synonym], Calliostoma obliquistriata Trask 1922 [synonym]
Astraea (Pomaulax) morani Loel and Corey 1932
Pomaulax gibberosa Dillwyn 1817 [red turban]
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Invalid names: Astraea (Pachypoma) barbarensis Dall 1919 [synonym], Astraea (Pachypoma) inaequalis depressum Dall 1909 [invalid subgroup], Astraea (Pachypoma) inaequalis montereyensis Oldroyd 1927 [invalid subgroup], Astraea (Pachypoma) inaequalis pacifica Dall 1919 [synonym], Astraea guadalupeana Berry 1957 [synonym], Pachypoma inaequale Martyn 1784 [replaced], Pachypoma lithophorum Dall 1910 [synonym], Pachypoma magdalena Dall 1910 [synonym], Trochus diadematus Valenciennes 1846 [synonym], Trochus ochraceus Philippi 1846 [synonym], Turbo rutilis Adams 1852 [synonym]
Pomaulax gradata Grant, IV and Gale 1931
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:48:26
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:48:26
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.04000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 20.45 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chattian - Aquitanian27.3 - 20.45USA (California) Astraea morani (37516 37517)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Astraea morani (71215 238191 238261)
Barstovian16.3 - 12.5USA (California) Astraea raymondi (59074)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Australia (South Australia) Calliostoma bicarinatum (63432 63439)
Late/Upper Miocene - Late/Upper Pliocene11.63 - 2.58USA (California) P. gradatus (238420)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Astraea gradata (97230 97231 97403 97404 120822)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.58USA (California) Astrea breaensis (204364)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.8USA (California) P. gibberosa (214266 214268)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Astraea gradata (214967) Astraea inaequalis (200398) P. gradata (239463 239469 239470 239580) P. gradatus (238421 238435 238436 238437 238457 238605 238606 238609 238612)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Japan (Fukushima) P. japonicus (62295)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.58USA (California) Astraea inaequalis (186031)
Gelasian2.58 - 1.8USA (California) Pachypoma gibberosum (189768)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Astraea gibberosa (37933 37934 37936 37938 37939 37941 37942 37944 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Astraea inaequalis (138723 202632 202634 202635 202636 202637 202638 202646 202647 203113) Pachypoma gibberosum (202968 203106 203108 203114 223329) Pachypoma inaequale (222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Pachypoma gibberosum (222646)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Astraea gibberosa (160361) Astraea inaequalis (240594) Pachypoma inaequale (222660 222662)