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Pleurotomella

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Raphitomidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomella was named by Verrill (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 700]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) by Dall (1881); it was reranked as Mangilia (Pleurotomella) by Clark (1895).

It was assigned to Pleurotoma by Dall (1881); to Mangilia by Clark (1895); to Mangeliinae by Olsson (1964); to Turridae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Daphnellinae by MacNeil (1960) and Wienrich and Janssen (2007); and to Raphitomidae by Bouchet et al. (2011) and Schnetler et al. (2024).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Pleurotomella Verrill
1881Pleurotoma (Pleurotomella) Dall p. 57
1895Mangilia (Pleurotomella) Clark p. 4
1960Pleurotomella MacNeil p. 117
1964Pleurotomella Olsson p. 104
2001Pleurotomella Todd
2002Pleurotomella Sepkoski
2007Pleurotomella Wienrich and Janssen p. 711
2011Pleurotomella Bouchet et al. p. 286
2024Pleurotomella Schnetler et al. p. 23

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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
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyRaphitomidaeBellardi 1875
genusPleurotomellaVerrill 1872

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. Pleurotomella Verrill 1872
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Subg. †Pleurotomella (Pleurotomella) Verril 1872
Subg. †Pleurotomella (Systenope) Cossmann 1889
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Pleurotomella (Systenope) cossmanni Morellet and Morellet 1946
Pleurotomella esmeralda Olsson 1964
Pleurotomella rappardi Koenen 1867
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:08:14
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:08:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Middle Paleocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.70000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) P. sp. (84468)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) P. whitfieldi (84651)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) P. whitfieldi (2918 2919 86172 86175 86181 86182 89867 90606 90607 205452 205499)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) P. veatchi (92307)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Alabama) P. whitfieldi (92034)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) P. veatchi (92302 98922 99725 99726 101126)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Maryland) Mangilia bellistriata (55255)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Louisiana) P. veatchi (98925)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) P. fragilis (178082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) P. polycolpa, P. cossmanni (3494)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Germany P. sp. (95898)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Denmark P. margaritata, P. rappardi (234515)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) P. sp. 2 (62903)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany P. mioweberi (111599)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia) P. mioweberi (61898 61904 61907 62886) P. sp. 1 (61903)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Denmark P. mioweberi (98312)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Belgium P. mioweberi (77863 77864 77869)
Late/Upper Miocene - Early/Lower Pliocene11.608 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) P. ryukyuensis (42181)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador (Manabi) P. esmeralda (60772)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) P. harbisonae (134768)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (79794 79989 135885)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) P. tumidula (178117)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (79871)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) P. sp. (79844)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) P. herminea (160361) P. sp. (200653)