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Peronella

Echinoidea - Clypeasteroida - Laganidae

Taxonomy
Peronella was named by Gray (1855) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 577]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Laganidae by Cooke (1942), Durham (1955), Durham (1966); and to Clypeasteroida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. crustuloides (syn. Laganum johnsoni), P. cubae
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. acunai, P. archerensis, P. decagonalis, P. orbicularis
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23; modified by L. Villier on 2013-10-27

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1855Peronella Gray p. 13
1942Peronella Cooke p. 24
1955Peronella Durham p. 139 figs. Figs. 8, j; 31, e
1966Peronella Durham p. U473
2002Peronella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Deuterostomia
—Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
—Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
—Carinacea
—Irregularia()
—Microstomata
—Neognathostomata
orderClypeasteroida
suborderScutellina()
infraorderLaganiformes
familyLaganidae()
genusPeronella

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. Peronella Gray 1855
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†Peronella crustuloides Morton 1833
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Invalid names: Laganum johnsoni Clark and Twitchell 1915 [synonym]
†Peronella cubae Weisbord 1934
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marinep
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: waterp
Dispersal 2: planktonicp
Created: 2004-02-28 18:19:59
Modified: 2009-10-08 15:05:22
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan 1992, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Late/Upper Miocene or 37.71000 to 5.33300 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) P. cubae (61113 61114)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) P. crustuloides (57927)
Late/Upper Eocene37.71 - 33.9Panama P. acunai, P. cubae (42698)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Georgia) P. cubae (60451)
Priabonian37.71 - 33.9USA (Florida) P. archerensis, P. crustuloides (61109)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 27.3USA (Alabama) P. crustuloides (203470)
Miocene23.04 - 5.333Indonesia P. decagonalis (81717)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia P. decagonalis, P. orbicularis (70099)