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Pterocerella

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Pterocerella was named by Meek (1864) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Maes-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1074]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Aporrhainae by Sohl (1960), Sohl (1964); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pterocerellinae by Kollmann (2009).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1864Pterocerella Meek
1960Pterocerella Sohl p. 108
1964Pterocerella Sohl p. 367
2002Pterocerella Sepkoski
2009Pterocerella Kollmann pp. 52 - 53

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyPterocerellinaeBandel 2007
genusPterocerellaMeek 1864

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. †Pterocerella Meek 1864
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†Pterocerella poinsettiformis Stephenson 1941
†Pterocerella tippana Conrad 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Albian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 106.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (57 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) P. macrostoma (6280)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Gabon P. poinsettiformis (209538)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) P. sp. (7612)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) P. poinsettiformis (6135)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) P. poinsettiformis (7513)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) Pterocerella indet. (32141) P. maryea (7456 7458) P. sp. (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) P. poinsettiformis (6171 6176)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) P. densatus (7472) P. densatus nacatochanus (7482 7552) P. densatus, P. poinsettiformis (7481) P. poinsettiformis (7440)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) P. tippana (88357)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) P. poinsettiformis (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) P. sp. (4279) P. sp., P. tippana (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) P. sp. (4254 4255 4262 4272) P. tippana (4285)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. poinsettiformis (7477) P. sp. (7476 7586 7590 7592)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Maryland) P. tippana (4367 4368 4369 4372 4373)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) P. sp. (4354 4355)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. pontotocensis (4137) P. sp. (4142 4151 4157) P. sp., P. pontotocensis (4147) P. sp., P. tippana (4127)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) P. sp. (4187) P. sp., P. tippana (4186 4202) P. tippana (4184 83238)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) P. sp. (7527 7600)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) P. sp. (177609)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) P. densatus, P. robustus, P. poinsettiformis (7480) P. poinsettiformis (7550) P. robustus (7494 7495) P. sp. (205541)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) P. poinsettiformis, P. tippana (205445)