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Aturia aturi

Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Aturiidae

Taxonomy
Nautilus aturi was named by Basterot (1825) [DISTRIBUTION: Tertiary; Europe, Mediterranean.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Aturia aturi by Bronn (1838), Vredenburg (1925), Peyrot (1933), Miller (1941), Glenister et al. (1956), Jung (1966), Bossio (1972), Woodring (1982), Fritz and Hiden (1996).

Subspecies
A. tokunagai
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. ackermanii, A. angusta, A. chaohsini, A. peruviana, A. ziezae, A. laticlava

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Nautilus aturi Basterot pp. 12, 17
1825Nautilus deshayesi Defrance
1827Nautilus sypho Grateloup p. 22
1838Aturia aturi Bronn
1847Clymenia morrisi Michelotti p. 349 figs. Pl 15, figs 3,5
1872Aturia radiata Bellardi p. 24 figs. Pl 3, fig 3
1925Aturia aturi Vredenburg p. 10
1933Aturia aturi Peyrot p. 26 figs. Pl 17, figs 14-17
1941Aturia aturi Miller p. 430
1956Aturia aturi Glenister et al. p. 502
1966Aturia aturi Jung p. 487 figs. Pl 1, fig 1; pl 2, fig 1
1972Aturia aturi Bossio p. 89 figs. Pl, fig 3
1982Aturia aturi Woodring p. 725
1996Aturia aturi Fritz and Hiden p. 14 figs. 1-4

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classCephalopodaCuvier 1797
subclassNautilia(Wade 1988)
orderNautilidaAgassiz 1847
superfamilyNautiloidea(de Blainville 1825)
familyAturiidaeChapman 1857
genusAturiaBronn 1838
speciesaturi(Basterot 1825)

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.

†Aturia aturi Basterot 1825
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Invalid names: Aturia radiata Bellardi 1872 [synonym], Clymenia morrisi Michelotti 1847 [synonym], Nautilus deshayesi Defrance 1825 [synonym], Nautilus sypho Grateloup 1827 [synonym]
†Aturia aturi tokunagai Shimizu 1926
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height161.5
shell diameter1112.0
shell inflation17.00

Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: nektobenthico
Diet: carnivoreo
Vision: well-developedc
Created: 2005-01-28 02:35:00
Modified: 2009-09-27 12:10:42
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Kiessling 2003

Age range: base of the Burdigalian to the top of the Tortonian or 20.45000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Pakistan Aturia aturi (77164)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Japan Aturia aturi (179916)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.04 - 11.63Tonga Aturia aturi (81977)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Italy Aturia aturi (197290 197292 197397 197399 197400)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Egypt Aturia aturi (165928)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France (Aquitaine) Aturia aturi (70203)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Austria Aturia aturi (77403)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Algeria Aturia aturi (42823)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98France Aturia aturi (70191 165927 171361 178524 179855 179860 179861 179863 179864 179865 179939)
Burdigalian - Serravallian20.45 - 11.63Cyprus Aturia aturi (71875)
Burdigalian - Tortonian20.45 - 7.246Italy Aturia aturi (197406 197407 197408)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Austria (Styria) Aturia aturi (179871 179872)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82France Aturia aturi (179862 179866)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Italy Aturia aturi (73616 180455)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Malta Aturia aturi (197409)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Aturia aturi (81584)
Langhian - Tortonian15.98 - 7.246Italy Aturia aturi (197402 197404)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.63Cyprus Aturia aturi (71874)
Serravallian - Tortonian13.82 - 7.246Italy Aturia aturi (191624)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Madagascar Aturia aturi (51586)