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Fulgoraria (Psephaea)

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae

Taxonomy
Psephaea was named by Crosse (1871) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 794]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Fulgoraria (Psephaea) by Nagao (1928), Mount (1976), Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

It was assigned to Volutidae by Grant, IV and Gale (1931), Addicott (1970); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fulgoraria by Nagao (1928), Mount (1976), Oleinik and Marincovich (2003).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Psephaea Crosse
1907Miopleiona Dall
1928Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Nagao p. 117
1931Psephaea Grant, IV and Gale p. 633
1944Miopleiona Durham p. 177
1970Psephaea Addicott p. 104
1970Psephaea (Miopleiona) Addicott p. 104
1976Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Mount p. 88
1984Musashia (Miopleiona) Moore p. 24
2002Miopleiona Sepkoski
2002Psephaea Sepkoski
2003Fulgoraria (Miopleiona) Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 41
2003Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Oleinik and Marincovich Jr p. 41

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyFulgorariinaePilsbry and Olsson 1954
genusFulgorariaSchumacher 1817
subgenusPsephaea(Crosse 1871)

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.

Subg. Fulgoraria (Psephaea) Crosse 1871
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Psephaea corrugata Clark 1932
Invalid names: Miopleiona Dall 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:23:59
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:23:59
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Langhian or 66.00000 to 13.82000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.66 Ma

Collections (24 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland Psephaea sp. (22943)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) Fulgoraria zinsmeisteri (90071)
Thanetian59.24 - 56.0USA (California) Fulgoraria zinsmeisteri (185200 205394 214289)
Lutetian48.07 - 41.03USA (California) Miopleiona sp. (202094)
Lutetian - Bartonian48.07 - 37.71Russian Federation (Kamchatka) Fulgoraria sp. (7275)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.03 - 33.9Russian Federation Fulgoraria n. sp. 4, Fulgoraria n. sp. 5 (50151)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3USA (Washington) Miopleiona scowensis (180418) Miopleiona sp. A (205215)
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Japan (Saga) Fulgoraria sp. (204551)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04USA (Washington) Miopleiona sp. B (208178)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Alaska) Psephaea corrugata (195951)
Chattian27.3 - 23.04USA (Washington) Miopleiona scowensis (91614 91615) Miopleiona weaveri (52356 52362 208161) Musashia sp. (91623)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Alaska) Psephaea corrugata (166447)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98USA (California) Miopleiona sp. (238189)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98USA (Oregon) Psephaea indurata (39805)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82USA (Oregon) Psephaea indurata (39597 39799)