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Pyrgulifera

Gastropoda - Thiaridae

Taxonomy

Pyrgulifera was named by Meek (1877).

It was assigned to Thiaridae by Kase (1984).

Species

P. (Pyrgulifera), P. bicarinata, P. lajollaensis, P. striata

Species lacking formal opinion data

P. kahuitara, P. nodosa, P. stillens

Synonyms

Gonioconcha was named by Bonarelli (1921) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr u].

It was synonymized subjectively with Verena by Parodiz (1969); it was synonymized subjectively with Pyrgulifera by Nuttall (1990).

It was assigned to Purpurinidae by Wenz (1938); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1877	Pyrgulifera Meek
1921	Gonioconcha Bonarelli
1938	Gonioconcha Wenz
1984	Pyrgulifera Kase p. 129
2002	Gonioconcha Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Thiaridae	Troschel 1857
genus	Pyrgulifera	Meek 1877

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. †Pyrgulifera Meek 1877

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Subg. †Pyrgulifera (Pyrgulifera) Meek 1877

†Pyrgulifera bicarinata Traub 1938

†Pyrgulifera lajollaensis Hanna 1927

†Pyrgulifera striata Bonarelli 1927

Invalid names: Gonioconcha Bonarelli 1921 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Environment:

freshwaterf

Locomotion:

actively mobilesuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

grazersuperf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2017-04-17 10:14:32

Modified:

2017-04-17 10:14:32

Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Bush and Bambach 2015, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Aptian to the top of the Lutetian or 119.57000 to 41.03000 Ma

Collections (50 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Aptian	119.57 - 113.2	Japan	P. nodosa (91301 91309)
Albian	113.2 - 100.5	USA (Idaho)	P. humerosa (184620)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	P. costata (4645 4646 4650 4652 4656 6478 6479 6484 6489 6507 6509 6543 6548 6552) P. costata sublevis (4649) P. costata sublevis, P. costata tuberata (6492) P. costata tuberata (6511 6512) P. ornata (6549 6576 6625 6630 6648)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Arizona)	P. ornata (53488 53489)
Middle Cenomanian - Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	P. costata (4644) P. ornata (6634)
Early/Lower Coniacian	89.8 - 85.7	Austria (Upper Austria)	P. sp. (224482)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	New Zealand (Chatham Islands)	P. kahuitara (3641)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian	83.6 - 66.0	Spain (Valencia)	P. armata (53918)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain (Cataluña)	P. sp. (48727 58521 87103 159019)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	USA (North Carolina)	P. sp. (7616)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain (Cataluña)	P. stillens (36381)
Paleocene	66.0 - 56.0	Austria (Salzburg)	P. bicarinata (84335)
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	Poland	P. bicarinata (27019) P. inopinata (27020)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	USA (California)	P. lajollaensis (200729 200731 210285 210286 210287 210290 210292 220312)