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Glyptostyla

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy

Glyptostyla is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

G. lagunitensis, G. panamensis, Peruficus olssoni

Synonyms

Peruficus is a genus. It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Glyptostyla by Woodring (1964).

It was assigned to Fasciolaridae by Olsson (1931) and Rivera (1957); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1931	Peruficus Olsson p. 111
1957	Peruficus Rivera p. 185
2002	Glyptostyla Sepkoski
2002	Peruficus Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
—	Sorbeoconcha	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—	Hypsogastropoda	(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorder	Latrogastropoda	Riedel 2000
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Fasciolariidae	Gray 1853
genus	Glyptostyla

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. †Glyptostyla

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†Glyptostyla lagunitensis Olsson 1929

†Glyptostyla panamensis Dall 1892

Invalid names: Peruficus [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 08:21:16

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:21:16

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Late/Upper Eocene or 59.20000 to 33.90000 Ma

Collections (25 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	G. bacula (92034 92352)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	Nigeria (Imo)	G. sp. (42655)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	Peru (Ica)	Peruficus lagunitensis (84675 84676 84677 84678 84679 84681 84682 84683 84684 84685 84686)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	Colombia (Bolivar)	Peruficus sp. (3311)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	Peru (Piura)	Peruficus lagunitensis (52526)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	Peru (Piura)	Peruficus lagunitensis (55431)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Colombia (Sucre)	Peruficus olssoni (42838)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Panama	G. panamensis (42527 42534 42536 42537)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Colombia	Peruficus lagunitensis (42789)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Peru (Piura)	Peruficus lagunitensis (52523)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.2 - 33.9	Colombia (Bolivar)	Peruficus olssoni (3315)