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Aporrhainae

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Taxonomy
Aporrhainae was named by Gray (1850) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5437]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Strombacea by Sohl (1964); and to Aporrhaidae by Popenoe (1983), Bouchet et al. (2005), Kollmann (2009) and Saul and Squires (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Aporrhainae Gray
1964Aporrhainae Sohl p. 366
1983Aporrhainae Popenoe p. 752
2005Aporrhainae Bouchet et al. p. 250
2009Aporrhainae Kollmann pp. 38. 51
2015Aporrhainae Saul and Squires pp. 41 - 42

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850

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.

Subfm. Aporrhainae Gray 1850
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G. Aporrhais da Costa 1778
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Subg. Aporrhais (Aporrhais) da Costa 1778
†Aporrhais biangulata Meek and Hayden 1856
†Aporrhais clarendonensis Wrigley 1938
†Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002
†Aporrhais drachuki Saul 1998
†Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862
†Aporrhais gracilis Koenen 1885
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Invalid names: Aporrhais labradorensis Johnson 1930 [synonym], Aporrhais mainensis Johnson 1926 [synonym]
†Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758
†Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908
†Aporrhais rapax Böhm 1891
†Aporrhais semilaevis von Koenen 1898
†Aporrhais sowerbii Fleming 1828
†Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
†Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826
G. †Biculteriala Kollmann 2009
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†Biculteriala gratti Kollmann 2009
G. †Dicroloma Gabb 1868
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†Dicroloma armata Morris and Lycett 1851
†Dicroloma cochleata Quenstedt 1858
†Dicroloma dumortieri Piette 1864
†Dicroloma eudesii Piette 1864
†Dicroloma nudispira Kaim 2004
†Dicroloma zelandica Marshall 1919
Invalid names: Alaria Morris and Lycett 1851 [synonym]
G. †Diempterus Piette 1876
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†Diempterus bialatus Piette 1856
†Diempterus didactylus Hudleston 1888
†Diempterus goniatus Hebert and Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860
†Diempterus lonqueueanus Piette 1876
G. †Monocuphus Piette 1876
G. †Tessarolax Gabb 1864
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†Aporrhais (Tessarolax) ebrayi Pchelintsev 1926
†Tessarolax alaskana Saul and Squires 2015
†Tessarolax bicarinata Deshayes in Leymerie 1842
†Tessarolax bullardi Saul and Squires 2015
†Tessarolax distorta Gabb 1864
†Tessarolax gabbi Saul and Squires 2015
†Tessarolax grahami Saul and Squires 2015
†Tessarolax incrustata Anderson and Hanna 1935
†Tessarolax louellae Saul and Squires 2015
†Tessarolax retusa Sowerby 1836
†Tessarolax teleos Saul and Squires 2015
†Tessarolax trinalis Murphy and Rodda 1960
G. †Trilemna Blagovetshenskiy and Shumilkin 2006
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. A. Kollmann 2009Spire high, consisting of angular whorls; labral wing with borad adapical and abapical sinuses; 2 digitations in continuation of the noded angulations of the last whorl, proximal digitations, if present, variably attached to spire; rostrum relatively short (pl. 2, fig. 2)
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Planorbis to the top of the Holocene or 201.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 196.5 Ma

Collections (441 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 145.0Tunisia Aporrhaiidae indet. (13906)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5France Alaria dubia (39215)
Planorbis201.3 - 196.5France Alaria dubia (39378 39379)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Dicroloma indet. (225401)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Dicroloma semicostulatum (204117)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Dicroloma armatum (159427)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3United Kingdom (Yorkshire) Alaria unicarinata, Alaria laevigata (220494)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Egypt Alaria granulosa (170870)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia Aporrhais sp. (45265 48015 48082)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Aporrhais sp. (48141)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Dicroloma bigoti (38738)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland Dicroloma cochleata (58291)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Egypt Alaria armata (171222) Alaria tumida (171227)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Dicroloma sp. (36548 36552 36555)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Poland Dicroloma nudispira (63058)
Middle Bathonian167.7 - 164.7France (Picardie) Diempterus bialatus (96157)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Dicroloma pupoides, Dicroloma longitudinalis (98168)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany Dicroloma cochleata (58228)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Aporrhais sp. (45549 47857 47858 47885 47915)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Aporrhais sp. (93481)