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

Polygyrina

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Loxonema (Polygyrina) Haas p. 112
1960Polygyrina Knight et al. p. 312
2002Polygyrina Sepkoski
2005Polygyrina Bouchet et al. p. 137

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

RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyZygopleuridaeWenz 1938
subfamilyZygopleurinaeWenz 1938
genusPolygyrina

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.

show all | hide all
hide
Invalid names: Melania minima Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella cochleata Münster 1841 [synonym], Turritella similis Münster 1841 [synonym]
Polygyrina depressa Wang 1980
Polygyrina lommeli Wissmann 1841
Polygyrina peracuta Assmann 1937
Polygyrina venusta Yu and Wang 1980
Polygyrina zhongzhaiensis He et al. 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height247.781.7961.65.0014.1

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Wuchiapingian to the top of the Rhaetian or 259.51000 to 201.40000 Ma

Collections (54 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14China (Qinghai) P. sp. (56723) P. subtilostriata (122300)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) P. depressa (206158 206159) P. sp. (56891)
Changhsingian - Griesbachian254.14 - 250.5China (Sichuan) P. sichuanensis (48944)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Guizhou) P. depressa (85127 111976) P. sp., P. depressa (109663) P. sp., P. depressa, P. zhongzhaiensis (108555) P. venusta (119951)
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5China (Sichuan) P. sp. (111619)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Italy (Trentino) P. spp. (197892)
Dienerian250.5 - 249.9Italy P. gracilior (116029)
Smithian249.9 - 248.1USA (Utah) P. sp. (144026) P. sp. A (156096 156097 156102 156103 156110 156111 156114)
Spathian248.1 - 246.7Italy P. gracilior (115787)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Germany (Baden-Württemberg) P. sp. (66084)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464Poland Turritella similis (63538)
Bithynian244.99 - 244.24Romania P. peracuta (197722)
Pelsonian244.24 - 243.33Slovakia P. gracilior (44913 44914 44915)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) P. lommeli (44255)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Loxonema lommeli (204511)
Illyrian243.33 - 241.464Tunisia P. sp. (203922)
Longobardian239.48 - 237.0Italy P. lommeli (236005)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Trentino) P. lommeli (139235)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Loxonema lommeli (144631) P. lommeli (50888 69658 69664 69669 69673 69681 69683 69688 69689 69690 69691 202422) Turritella lommelii, Turritella similis, Turritella cochleata (137429)
Tuvalian233.6 - 227.3Hungary P. lommeli (23870)
Norian - Rhaetian227.3 - 201.4Peru Loxonema sp. (68120 68129)
Sevatian211.18 - 205.7USA (Idaho) P. subannulata (38377)
Rhaetian205.7 - 201.4Peru Loxonema sp. (68096) Loxonema sp. 1 (68119)