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Plesiotrochidae

Gastropoda - Plesiotrochidae

Taxonomy
Plesiotrochidae was named by Houbrick (1990) [m. kosnik taxon no: 7649]. It is extant. Its type is Plesiotrochus.

It was assigned to Architaenioglossa by Harzhauser (2004); and to Campaniloidea by Beesley (1998), Lozouet et al. (2001), Bouchet et al. (2005).

Subtaxa
Plesiotrochus (type genus)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Plesiotrochidae Houbrick
1998Plesiotrochidae Beesley p. 735
2001Plesiotrochidae Lozouet et al. p. 21
2004Plesiotrochidae Harzhauser p. 113
2005Plesiotrochidae Bouchet et al. p. 249

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Campanilimorpha(Haszprunar 1988)
superfamilyCampaniloideaDouvillé 1904
familyPlesiotrochidaeHoubrick 1990
familyPlesiotrochidaeHoubrick 1990

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.

Fm. Plesiotrochidae Houbrick 1990
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G. Plesiotrochus Fischer 1878
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†Plesiotrochus fallax Grateloup 1832
†Plesiotrochus stephanense Cossmann and Peyrot 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-19 08:44:14
Modified: 2009-09-19 10:44:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 27.3 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 27.3Iran Plesiotrochus stephanensis (76199)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45France Plesiotrochus fallax (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.04 - 15.98Marshall Islands Plesiotrochus talinana (77980)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Marshall Islands Plesiotrochus marshallensis, Plesiotrochus whitmorei (77992)
Middle Miocene15.98 - 11.63Indonesia Plesiotrochus tomlini (70081 70107)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Marshall Islands Plesiotrochus marshallensis (77985 77991) Plesiotrochus marshallensis, Plesiotrochus whitmorei (77986)
Late/Upper Miocene11.63 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Plesiotrochus sp. (173685)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.58Indonesia (East Java) Plesiotrochus sp. (96670)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Marshall Islands Plesiotrochus pagodiformis (43324)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) Plesiotrochus exilis (89294)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China Plesiotrochus acutagulus (96350 96351 96352)