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Gyrodes petrosus

Gastropoda - Naticidae

Taxonomy
Natica petrosa was named by Morton (1834).

It was recombined as Gyrodes petrosa by Gabb (1876), Stephenson (1914); it was recombined as Gyrodes petrosus by Sohl (1960).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. gaultinus, G. genti, G. nagaoi, G. rotundus, G. tramitensis, G. renniei, G. woodsi

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1834Natica petrosa Morton
1876Gyrodes petrosa Gabb p. 295
1914Gyrodes petrosa Stephenson
1960Gyrodes petrosus Sohl p. 120 figs. Pl 15, figs 2-5

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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)
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilyAmpullospirinaeCox 1930
genusGyrodesConrad 1860
speciespetrosus(Morton 1834)

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.

†Gyrodes petrosus Morton 1834
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: infaunalg
Diet: carnivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-10-20 01:54:26
Modified: 2004-10-20 03:54:26
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 100.50000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes petrosus (6649)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes petrosus (88606 88610 188337)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes petrosus (3877)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes petrosa (52504)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gyrodes petrosa (239639)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Gyrodes petrosa (239485) Gyrodes petrosus (4134 4136 4137 4142 4144 4146 4147 4148 4149 4150 4151 4153 4154 4155 4156 4157 4158 4160 4161 4163 4164 4165 4166 4167 4169)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gyrodes petrosa (4184 4187 4189 4192 4206 4207) Gyrodes petrosus (4174 4175 4177 4178 4179 4180 4182 4183 4186 4193 4194 4197 4199 4200 4201 4202 4213 4214 4215 4216 4225 4230 83225)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Gyrodes petrosus (4395 4412 4413 4414 4489 4496 4511)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Gyrodes petrosus (26818)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Gyrodes petrosus (7570 205529)