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Proconulidae

Gastropoda - Proconulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Proconulinae Cox
1960Proconulinae Knight et al. p. 247
2005Proconulidae Bouchet et al. pp. 141, 245
2017Proconulidae Bouchet et al. p. 336
2017Proconulidae Cataldo p. 406

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTurbinoideaRafinesque 1815
familyProconulidae(Cox 1960)
familyProconulidae(Cox 1960)

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.

Fm. †Proconulidae Cox 1960
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G. †Dimorphotectus Cossmann 1918
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Invalid names: Flemmingia Kittl 1894 [synonym]
G. †Diplochilus Wöhrmann 1894
G. †Epulotrochus Cossmann 1918
G. †Muricotrochus Cossmann 1918
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†Muricotrochus subluciensis Hudleston 1894
G. †Proconulus Cossmann 1918
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†Proconulus arabiensis Newton 1908
†Proconulus costatonodosus Gründel et al. 2012
†Proconulus epuliformis Szabo 1981
†Proconulus epuloides Szabo 1981
†Proconulus galatensis Gemmellaro 1911
†Proconulus guisei Lycett 1863
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Invalid names: Proconulus niortensis Orbigny 1852 [synonym]
†Proconulus ibbetsoni Morris and Lycett 1851
†Proconulus kotrus Cataldo 2017
†Proconulus rimosus Szabo 1981
†Proconulus scherinus Gemmellaro 1874
G. †Tylotrochus Koken 1896
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†Tylotrochus elongatus Bandel 1993
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Invalid names: Trochus epimetheus Laube 1869 [synonym], Trochus eupator Laube 1869 [synonym], Trochus prometheus Laube 1869 [synonym], Trochus subpunctatus Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:55:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:55:39
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Spathian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 248.10000 to 56.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 246.7 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian248.1 - 246.7USA (Utah) Diplochilus sp. (63032)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Sichuan) Tylotrochus elongatus (119277)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy (Belluno) Flemmingia bistriata (207477)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy Flemmingia bicarinata (144632) Flemmingia bistriata (69684) Trochus semipunctatus, Trochus bistriatus, Turritella sulcifera, Trochus laticostatus (137429) Trochus subpunctatus, Trochus bicarinatus, Trochus acuticarinatus (145649) Ziziphinus semipunctatus, Flemmingia bistriata, Flemmingia bicarinata, Flemmingia granulata, Flemmingia acutecarinata (144631)
Carnian237.0 - 227.3China (Yunnan) Dimorphotectus yunnanensis (165396)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 205.7Indonesia (Timor) Tylotrochus rotundatus (205174)
Hettangian - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Hungary Proconulinae sp. (28955)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Hungary Dimorphotectus sp., Muricotrochus sp., Proconulus sp. (118984) Proconulus galatensis (151860)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Dimorphotectus sp., Proconulus acteon, Proconulus scherinus, Proconulus galatensis (81576) Proconulus sp. (118997)
Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary Proconulus sp. (118990)
Raricostatum - Davoei199.5 - 184.2Hungary Proconulus epuloides (78690)
Raricostatum - Ibex199.5 - 184.2Hungary Proconulus epuloides (78689)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Hungary Proconulinae indet. (119134) Proconulus acteon (109149)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy (Messina) Chemnitzia galatensis (173593)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary Proconulus epuloides (108850) Proconulus epuloides, Proconulus scherinus (108945) Proconulus sp. (108849 108883 108884)
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Türkiye Dimorphotectus sp., Proconulus epuloides (158460 200773)
Jamesoni - Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Proconulus sp. (78406)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Tylotrochus subimbricatus (225394 225396)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Proconulus epuloides (45472)
Margaritatus192.9 - 184.2Hungary Proconulus acteon (109507) Proconulus sp., Proconulus epuloides (108895)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Hungary Proconulus scherinus (91406)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland Proconulus epulus (162113)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Middle Toarcian192.9 - 180.4Hungary Proconulus epuloides (108969)
Middle Aalenian174.7 - 170.9Italy (Central Italy ) Proconulus keratomorphus, Muricotrochus subluciensis (123679)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Germany Proconulus costatonodosus (151085) Proconulus guisei (151084)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Jordan Proconulus sp. (35377)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Italy (Central Italy ) Proconulus acutispira, Proconulus keratomorphus (123682) Proconulus keratomorphus (123681)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Chile Muricotrochus sp. (58541)
Humphresianum - Parkinsoni170.9 - 168.2Hungary Proconulus epuloides, Proconulus epuliformis, Proconulus rimosus, Muricotrochus subluciensis, Dimorphotectus unicarinatus, Dimorphotectus bicarinatus (91409) Proconulus ibbetsoni (151887)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Oxfordian170.9 - 154.8Romania (Brasov) Proconulus sp. (81442)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Poland Proconulus sp. (58285 58287)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) Proconulus sp. (36552)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Jordan Proconulus sp. (35669 35745)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Proconulus convexoconcavus (58235) Proconulus sp. (58203 58214 58373)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany Proconulus convexoconcavus, Proconulus sp. (58408)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Somalia Proconulus arabiensis (93020 94526 94544)
Middle Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8France Muricotrochus daedalus (11084)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Somalia Proconulus arabiensis (93000)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Proconulus arabiensis (2557 2597)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India Proconulus sp. (63533)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian161.5 - 152.21Somalia Proconulus arabiensis (100372)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian161.5 - 149.2Ethiopia Trochus arabiensis (94499)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland Proconulus coelotropis, Proconulus viadrinus (66972)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian154.8 - 143.1Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Proconulus arabiensis (2574)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan Proconulus hiraigensis (91296)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Japan Proconulus hiraigensis (91253)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1Japan Proconulus hiraigensis (91252)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.66 - 56.0USA (Texas) Tylotrochus sp. (84651)