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Pyrene

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae

Taxonomy
Pyrene was named by Röding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pyreninae by Wilson (1994); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Columbellidae by MacNeil (1960), Ladd (1977) and Harzhauser (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1798Pyrene Röding
1960Pyrene MacNeil p. 66
1977Pyrene Ladd p. 47
1994Pyrene Wilson p. 106
2002Pyrene Harzhauser p. 98
2002Pyrene Sepkoski

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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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusPyreneRöding 1798

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. Pyrene Röding 1798
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Subg. Pyrene (Alia) Adams and Adams 1853 [dovesnail]
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Alia carinata Hinds 1844
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Invalid names: Columbella (Astyris) californiana Gaskoin 1851 [synonym]
Alia unifasciata Sowerby 1832
†Pyrene (Alia) polonica Pusch 1837
†Pyrene ocellata Link 1807
†Pyrene scripta Lamarck 1822
†Pyrene testudinaria Link 1807
Pyrene turturina Lamarck 1822
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 08:10:18
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:11:15
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Hauterivian to the top of the Holocene or 132.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 129.4 Ma

Collections (135 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland Alia hiselyi (2256)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria P. polinica (77625) P. polonica (77622 77624 77626)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Alia curta (178111) Alia curta, P. carinata, P. semicaudata (178108) P. klipsteini (178110)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Alia curta (178112)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Western Australia) P. sp. (63305 63308)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia P. testudinaria (70165 70166)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria P. sp. (74649 74650 74653 74656)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Romania P. nassoides (123125)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) P. nassoides, P. sp., P. polonica (38823)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Columbella curta (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333South Africa (KwaZulu-Natal) P. pardalina (41473)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Japan P. sp. (52105 52113 52115 52117)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) P. sp. (42381 42385 42386)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Philippines P. bandongensis (70138)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan (Okinawa) P. flava (42229)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (California) Mitrella carinata (96887)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Columbella bandongensis (84523) Columbella tegalensis (84519 84521 84545)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador P. castanea (96595 96598) P. fuscata, P. haemastoma (96596)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) Alia carinata (214270 214274)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Okinawa) P. ligula (42306)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia P. philippinarum (70079) P. philippinarum, P. splendidula (70084)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Mitrella carinata (200398 200403)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588USA (California) Columbella carinata, Columbella californiana (186031)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (California) Mitrella carinata (237590)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene3.6 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) P. albuginosa (110489)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy P. gervillei, P. minor, P. scripta (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Fiji P. sp. (94832)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) Mitrella carinata (231899)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) P. flava (42347)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Mitrella carinata (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mitrella carinata (96590 96592 96593 96594)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa P. albugninosa, P. krausii (122945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Vanuatu Columbella turturina (77905)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Alia carinata (186841 186844) Columbella carinata (201624) Mitrella carinata (237604)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) Mitrella carinata (37933 37937 37938 37941 37942 37943 37945 37947 37948)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Japan (Okinawa) P. flava (42356)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Australia (Western Australia) P. scripta (63354)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Alia carinata (207886) Columbella californiana (222663 222664) Columbella carinata, Columbella californiana (138723) Mitrella carinata (96894 202492 202493 202494 203095 223329 223525)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) Mitrella carinata (223009)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) P. moleculina (89294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) P. moleculina (89400)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan P. liocyma (88886) P. pardalina (96945)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya Columbella turturina (81036 81077 81079 81081) P. sp. (81082) P. sp., Columbella turturina (81089)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia P. flava (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain P. cribraria (128385)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) Mitrella unifasciata (96672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Seychelles Columbella turturina (80966 81007 81008 81009 81011)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) P. scripta (63355 96708) P. scripta, P. testudinaria, P. turturina (63356) P. sp. A, P. sp. B (63319)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Western Australia) P. bidentata (81106)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Mitrella carinata (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico Mitrella carinata (52347 67613 67641 67642 67643 226468) P. fuscata (96870)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Alia carinata (96937) Astyris carinata (222674) Mitrella carinata (37673 59063 96566 96895 160361 202490 202491 219029 219030)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador P. castanea, P. fuscata (96864) P. fuscata, P. haemastoma (96866) P. haemastoma (96867)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Papua New Guinea (Morobe) P. testudinaria (97437 97438)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Seychelles P. varians (96926)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Marshall Islands P. obtusa (43306)