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Gyrineum bituberculare

Gastropoda - Ranellidae

Taxonomy
Ranella bitubercularis was named by Lamarck (1816) [DISTRIBUTION: Oligocene-Recent; Indo-Pacific.]. It is extant.

It was recombined as Argobuccinum (Ranella) bitubercularis by Eames (1950); it was recombined as Gyrineum bituberculare by Harzhauser et al. (2009).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. horni, G. cavitense

Synonyms
  • Ranella karikalensis was named by Cossmann (1903) [DISTRIBUTION: Pliocene-Recent; Indian Ocean.]. It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Gyrineum bituberculare by Hendy (2007).
  • Ranella anjarensis was named by Martin (1884) [DUSTRIBUTION: Miocene; Indonesia, India.]. It is not a trace fossil.

    It was recombined as Argobuccinum anjarense by Dey (1961); it was synonymized subjectively with Gyrineum bituberculare by Beu (2005).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1816Ranella bitubercularis Lamarck
1843Ranella bitubercularis Lamarck p. 548
1884Ranella anjarensis Martin
1903Ranella karikalensis Cossmann
1925Ranella bitubercularis Vredenburg p. 255
1950Argobuccinum (Ranella) bitubercularis Eames p. 244
1961Argobuccinum anjarense Dey
2009Gyrineum bituberculare Harzhauser et al. p. 348

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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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyRanellidaeGray 1854
subfamilyRanellinaeGray 1854
genusGyrineumLink 1807
speciesbituberculare(Lamarck 1816)

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.

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Invalid names: Argobuccinum anjarense Martin 1884 [synonym], Ranella karikalensis Cossmann 1903 [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 07:59:47
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:59:47
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Late/Upper Pliocene or 20.44000 to 2.58800 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97India Argobuccinum anjarense (72033)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India Gyrineum bituberculare (111230)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97India (Gujarat) Gyrineum bituberculare (179086)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Fiji Gyrineum bituberculare (68292)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Java) Gyrineum bituberculare (179627)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan Ranella bitubercularis (77133)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Fiji Gyrineum bituberculare (78073)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588India Argobuccinum bitubercularis (77658)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Java) Gyrineum bituberculare (96670)