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Pyramidella

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae

Taxonomy

Pyramidella was named by Lamarck (1799) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 123]. It is extant.

It was corrected as Pyrimidella by Wenz (1938).

It was assigned to Heterostrophia by Sepkoski (2002); to Pyramidellinae by Rosenberg (2005); and to Pyramidellidae by Oostingh (1935), Wenz (1938), Durham (1944), Harris and Palmer (1947), Addicott (1970), Kensley (1972), Squires (1987), Todd (2001), Kosnik (2002) and Wienrich and Janssen (2007).

Species

Obeliscus zitteli, P. (Pyramidella), P. acus, P. conica, P. etheringtoni, P. fremonti, P. grateloupi, P. gratteloupi, P. laeviuscula, P. maculosa, P. meyeri, P. mitralis, P. mucronis, P. preblei, P. slevini, P. sulcata, P. suturalis (syn. Longchaeus (Longchaeus) marionae, P. crenulata)

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. adamsi, P. daidemata, P. filamentosa, P. jamaicensis, P. larvata, P. olssoni, P. perexilis, P. pirum, P. tundrae, P. unisulcata, P. vaderensis

Synonyms

Obeliscus was named by Gray (1847).

It was synonymized objectively with Pyramidella by van Aartsen et al. (1998).

It was assigned to Pyramidellidae by Holmes (1859).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1799	Pyramidella Lamarck
1847	Obeliscus Gray
1859	Obeliscus Holmes p. 88
1935	Pyramidella Oostingh p. 63
1938	Pyrimidella Wenz p. 877
1944	Pyramidella Durham p. 156
1947	Pyramidella Harris and Palmer p. 225
1970	Pyramidella Addicott p. 141
1972	Pyramidella Kensley p. 182
1987	Pyramidella Squires p. 54
2001	Pyramidella Todd
2002	Pyramidella Kosnik
2002	Pyrimidella Sepkoski
2005	Pyramidella Rosenberg
2007	Pyramidella Wienrich and Janssen p. 752

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

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Euthyneura	(Spengel 1881)
—	Tectipleura	Schrödl et al. 2011
—	Panpulmonata	Jörger et al. 2010
superorder	Pylopulmonata	Teasdale 2017
superfamily	Pyramidelloidea	(Gray 1840)
family	Pyramidellidae	Gray 1840
subfamily	Pyramidellinae	Gray 1840
genus	Pyramidella	Lamarck 1799

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. Pyramidella Lamarck 1799

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Subg. Pyramidella (Pyramidella) Lamarck 1799

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Pyramidella (Pyramidella) terebellum Müller 1774

†Pyramidella acus Gmelin 1791

Pyramidella conica Adams 1852

Pyramidella conica variegata Carpenter 1863

†Pyramidella etheringtoni Hanna 1927

†Pyramidella fremonti Anderson and Hanna 1925

†Pyramidella grateloupi Cossmann and Peyrot 1917

†Pyramidella gratteloupi Orbigny 1852

Pyramidella laeviuscula Grateloup 1838

†Pyramidella maculosa Lamarck 1822

†Pyramidella meyeri Cossmann 1893

†Pyramidella mitralis Adams 1854

†Pyramidella mucronis Anderson and Hanna 1925

†Pyramidella preblei Hanna 1927

†Pyramidella slevini Anderson and Hanna 1925

†Pyramidella sulcata Adams 1855

Pyramidella suturalis Lea 1843

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Invalid names: Longchaeus (Longchaeus) marionae Bartsch 1955 [synonym], Pyramidella crenulata Holmes 1859 [synonym]

Invalid names: Obeliscus Gray 1847 [objective 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 07:35:11

Modified:

2009-09-10 09:35:11

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian to the top of the Holocene or 70.60000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (211 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Cretaceous	100.5 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	P. sp. (225659)
Maastrichtian	72.1 - 66.0	USA (Texas)	P. spp. (205541)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	70.6 - 66.0	Germany	Obeliscus zitteli (213668)
Early/Lower Paleocene	66.0 - 61.7	USA (Texas)	P. spp. (84474)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene	61.7 - 55.8	USA (Texas)	P. spp. (84651)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	Poland	P. sp. (27018)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	P. anita (92352) P. obtusoides (90818 98365)
Thanetian	59.2 - 56.0	USA (Texas)	P. sp. (205455)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Oregon)	P. sp. (52271)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (California)	Odostomia packi (122294)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Alabama)	P. anita (92345) P. sp., P. anita (98277)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	USA (Texas)	P. filamentosa, P. perexilis, P. tundrae, P. pirum, P. sp. (83950 84337) P. tundrae (84325 178054) P. tundrae, P. filamentosa, P. perexilis, P. pirum (7788 7789)
Ypresian	56.0 - 47.8	Belgium	P. calvimontana (77608)
Eocene	56.0 - 33.9	USA (California)	P. mucronis (207112)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (California)	P. etheringtoni (200720) P. preblei (178733) P. slevini, P. fremonti (166458)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France (Centre)	P. plicosa, P. unisulcata (178085)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Texas)	P. bastropensis (90455) P. bastropensis, P. pseudopymaea (90651) P. bastropensis, P. sp. (205532) P. filamentosa, P. perexilis (205223) P. filamentosa, P. perexilis, P. sp., P. tundrae (205520 205533) P. propeacicula (2411) P. sp. (205436 205503 205537 205544) P. sp., P. spp. (205454 205496 205527) P. spp. (205440) P. tundrae (205521)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	USA (Mississippi)	P. propeacicula (2415) P. propeacicula, P. pseudopymaea (2414)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Belgium	P. calvimontana (77611)
Lutetian - Bartonian	47.8 - 38.0	USA (Texas)	P. bastropensis (2413) P. dalli, P. propeacicula (2412)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	Indonesia	P. calvimontana (78745) P. nanggulanica (70082)
Lutetian - Priabonian	47.8 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	P. meyeri (1282 1283 1284 1285 1287 1292 1293 1422 1423 1431 1432)
Lutetian - Priabonian	47.8 - 33.9	USA (Louisiana)	P. meyeri (1419)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France	P. inaspecta (78567)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Washington)	P. vaderensis (52204 52205 52206)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (California)	P. mucronis (52827) P. sp. (52828)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	France (Oise)	P. inaspecta (3494)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (South Carolina)	P. chavani (92378)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Mississippi)	P. bastropensis (2435 2437) P. bastropensis, P. dalli (2438) P. bastropensis, P. propeacicula (2444) P. bastropensis, P. propeacicula, P. pseudopymaea (2451) P. dalli, P. propeacicula (2434) P. propeacicula (2436) P. propeacicula, P. pseudopymaea (2446)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Louisiana)	P. perexilis (92348 98788) P. perexilis, P. lapinaria (98787)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Alabama)	P. bastropensis (2420) P. bastropensis, P. propeacicula, P. pseudopymaea (2421) P. bastropensis, P. pseudopymaea (2422) P. chavani, P. pseudopygmaea, P. spp. (205489) P. perexilis, P. pseudopymaea, P. chavani, P. cossmanni (90600) P. propeacicula (2419 2440) P. pseudopymaea (2416 2443 2453 2454) P. sp. (205438)
Bartonian	41.3 - 38.0	USA (Texas)	P. bastropensis (2452) P. bastropensis, P. cossmanni, P. perexilis, P. pseudopygmaea, P. sp., P. spp. (205422) P. bastropensis, P. perexilis (90454) P. chavani, P. perexilis (205461) P. cossmanni, P. sp. (205410) P. perexilis (205447) P. perexilis, P. pseudopygmaea, P. spp. (205433) P. perexilis, P. sp. (205415) P. perexilis, P. sp., P. spp. (205430) P. perexilis, P. spp. (205483) P. sp. (205266 205424 205456 205481 205485 205531) P. sp., P. spp. (205484) P. spp. (205476 205480 205515) P. spp., P. sp. (205267) Pyrimidella sp. (7437 7438 7439)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	USA (Mississippi)	P. bastropensis (6802)
Priabonian	38.0 - 33.9	USA (Washington)	P. sp. (91606)
Rupelian	33.9 - 28.1	USA (Mississippi)	P. spp. (66307)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	France	P. gratteloupi (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	P. elata, P. plicosa (62882) P. plicosa (62883)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene	23.03 - 11.608	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	P. elata, P. plicosa (62884)
Miocene	23.03 - 5.333	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	P. elata, P. plicosa (62899 62903 62934) P. plicosa (62935 62944 62961)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Germany	P. plicosa, P. sp. (111599)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Austria	P. plicosa (77402)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Slovakia	P. gratteloupi (160736)
Burdigalian	20.44 - 15.97	Italy	P. plicosa, P. unisulcata, P. grateloupi (178108)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Indonesia	P. djunggranganensis, P. kelirensis (70086) P. dolabrata (70184) P. sp. (70081)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Trinidad and Tobago	P. sp. (74920)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Germany (North Rhein-Westfalia)	P. elata (61907 62867) P. elata, P. plicosa (61895 61900 61903 61904 61906 62885 62889 62891 62892) P. plicosa (61897 61898 61899 61902 61905 62886 62887 62888 62893)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.62	USA (Florida)	P. sp. (111204)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Denmark	P. plicosa (98312)
Tortonian	11.62 - 7.246	Dominican Republic	P. canaliculata, P. semicanaliculata, P. diademata, P. olssoni, P. cercadensis, P. arionis (58817)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia (Kalimantan)	P. sp. (173685)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Trinidad and Tobago	P. jamaicensis (60400) P. jamaicensis, P. daidemata (60634)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	South Africa	Pyramidella indet. (22219)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Philippines	P. sp. (70138)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Indonesia	P. junghuhni (70100) P. karangensis (70077)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador (Esmeraldas)	P. elenensis (135043)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador	P. sp. (131293 131332 131333 131334)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	United Kingdom (England)	P. laeviuscula (84755)
Zanclean	5.333 - 3.6	Belgium (Antwerp)	P. laeviuscula (179597)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Ecuador	P. olssoni, P. sp. (96596)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Philippines (Tayabas)	P. sp. (41525)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Indonesia	P. bataviana (70089) P. sp. 1 (70105)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Fiji	P. vanuaensis (68180)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	Papua New Guinea	P. cincta, P. sulcata (78263)
Zanclean - Piacenzian	5.333 - 2.588	Netherlands (Noord-Brabant)	P. laeviuscula (59003)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Indonesia	P. fastigum (70079)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Jamaica	P. sp. (69090) P. sp. A (69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	USA (Florida)	P. sp. B (59484) P. sp. C (59486)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.588	Italy (Emilia-Romagna)	P. plicosa (178117)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Pleistocene	3.6 - 0.0117	South Africa (Western Cape)	P. sp. (91831)
Gelasian	2.588 - 1.806	Ecuador (Manabi)	P. elenensis (51879)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	USA (Florida)	Longchaeus marionae (41501) P. sp. (79787)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.781	Fiji	P. sp. (94832)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	South Africa	P. aganea (122940 122941)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Eritrea	P. turrita (101417)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Vanuatu	P. dolabrata (77905)
Pleistocene	2.588 - 0.0117	Egypt	P. propinqua (101633)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (Florida)	P. crenulata (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Mexico (Sonora)	P. sp. (44963)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	Longchaeus marionae (41715 41740) P. crenulata (61311)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (North Carolina)	P. crenuata (66746 66751 66752)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (California)	P. adamsi (96589)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (South Carolina)	P. crenuata (66758) P. crenulata (66760)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	French Polynesia	P. maculosa (194003)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (Louisiana)	P. crenulata (41935 92776)