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Cylindrobullinidae

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Cylindrobullinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1947Cylindrobullinidae Wenz
2001Cylindrobullinidae Gründel and Parent p. 16
2012Cylindrobullinidae Gründel and Nützel p. 35

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyCylindrobullinidaeWenz 1947
familyCylindrobullinidaeWenz 1947

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. †Cylindrobullinidae Wenz 1947
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G. †Conactaeon Meek 1863
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Conactaeon brachyteles Cossmann 1895
Conactaeon cadomensis Eudes-Deslongchamps 1843
Conactaeon macrospira Cossmann 1895
Conactaeon peruviana Haas 1953
Euconactaeon caumonti Eudes-Deslongchamps 1843
Euconactaeon concavus Lyell 1840
G. †Cylindrobullina von Ammon 1878
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Cylindrobullina avena Terquem 1855
Cylindrobullina blakei Cox and Arkell 1950
Cylindrobullina bleicheri Cossmann 1895
Cylindrobullina buvignieri Loriol and Pellat 1866
Cylindrobullina cinerea Hudleston 1882
Cylindrobullina convexa Batten and Stokes 1986
Cylindrobullina davidsoni Loriol and Pellat 1874
Cylindrobullina dorsetensis Gründel et al. 2011
Cylindrobullina fasciata Lycett 1863
Cylindrobullina ferrea Wilson 1887
Cylindrobullina fragilis Dunker 1846
Cylindrobullina obesa Haas 1953
Cylindrobullina ovalis Greppin 1888
Cylindrobullina pseudmoorei Gründel and Buchholz 1999
Cylindrobullina scalaris Dumortier 1864
Cylindrobullina schneideri Gründel 1997
Cylindrobullina secale Terquem 1855
Cylindrobullina ventricosa Gründel et al. 2011
G. †Goniocylindrites Meek 1863
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Goniocylindrites bayani Loriol and Pellat 1874
Goniocylindrites brevis Morris and Lycett 1851
Goniocylindrites bullatus Morris and Lycett 1851
Goniocylindrites conulus Buvignier 1852
G. †Ptychocylindrites Cossmann 1895
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Ptychocylindrites condati Guirand and Ogérien 1865
G. †Rugalindrites Gründel and Nützel 2012
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Rugalindrites acutus Sowerby 1824
Rugalindrites aequalis Terquem and Jourdy 1871
Rugalindrites altus Morris and Lycett 1851
Rugalindrites conopsis Cossmann 1885
Rugalindrites cuspidatus Sowerby 1824
Rugalindrites gradatus Cossmann 1885
Rugalindrites kobyi Loriol and Koby 1895
Invalid names: Cylindrites Gesner 1758 [replaced]
G. †Sinespirites Gründel and Nützel 2012
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Sinespirites archiaci Cox and Arkell 1950
Sinespirites boucardensis Loriol and Pellat 1874
Sinespirites excavatus Morris and Lycett 1851
Sinespirites thorentea Sauvage and Buvignier 1842
G. †Volvocylindrites Cossmann 1895
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Volvocylindrites marcousana Guirand and Ogérien 1865
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. Gründel and A. Nützel 2012The shell is cylindrical to elongated oval. The last whorl has more or less straight flanks which are parallel to each other (cylindrical shape) or converge in abapical direction. The whorls embrace at or somewhat below the subsutural ramp. The shell is smooth or has a weak spiral ornament (furrows, striae). The aperture is high and narrow in its apical part and somewhat broadened abapically. Columellar folds may be present or absent. The protoconch is heterostrophic (sinistral) and generally smooth. It has a more or less heliciform shape; its orientation varies from coaxial to transaxial.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: carnivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:24:38
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:24:38
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Smithian to the top of the Late/Upper Aptian or 251.30000 to 113.00000 Ma

Collections (154 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Induan252.17 - 251.2Italy (Bolzano) Cylindrobullina sp. (169532)
Smithian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Cylindrobullina convexa (44283 56882 116017)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Cylindrobullina n. sp. A, Cylindrobullina n. sp. B, Cylindrobullina scalaris (164191) Cylindrobullina scalaris (164208)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia Cylindrobullina sp. (63528)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Peru Conactaeon peruviana (144482) Cylindrobullina vespertina (144483)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Peru Cylindrobullina avenoides (68114 68135) Cylindrobullina peruviana (68136) Cylindrobullina vespertina (68115 68128)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran Cylindrobullina sp. (37959)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3United Kingdom (Somerset) Cylindrobullina elongata, Cylindrobullina oviformis, Cylindrobullina fusiformis (62956) Cylindrobullina oviformis (62965)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru Cylindrobullina avenoidi, Cylindrobullina vespertina, Cylindrobullina avenoides, Cylindrobullina obesa, Cylindrobullina pyrulaeformis, Cylindrobullina tenuicostata, Cylindrobullina decorata, Cylindrobullina peruviana, Cylindrobullina tilarniocensis, Cylindrobullina tambosolensis (68116) Cylindrobullina peruviana (68096) Cylindrobullina peruviana, Cylindrobullina tilarniocensis (68144) Cylindrobullina vespertina (68146) Cylindrobullina vespertina, Cylindrobullina avenoides, Cylindrobullina decorata (68147) Cylindrobullina vespertina, Cylindrobullina avenoides, Cylindrobullina obesa, Cylindrobullina pyrulaeformis, Cylindrobullina decorata, Cylindrobullina peruviana, Cylindrobullina tambosolensis, Cylindrobullina ninacacana (68119) Cylindrobullina vespertina, Cylindrobullina obesa, Cylindrobullina pyrulaeformis, Cylindrobullina peruviana, Cylindrobullina tambosolensis (68148)
Early/Lower Jurassic201.4 - 174.7Germany Cylindrobullina domeria, Cylindrobullina rara (23813)
Hettangian201.3 - 199.3Hungary Cylindrobullina sp. (125465)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5France (Lorraine) Tornatella secale (53947)
Angulata201.3 - 196.5Luxembourg Cylindrobullina buvigineri, Cylindrobullina secale (149756)
Early/Lower Hettangian201.3 - 196.5Italy Colostracon avena (29035 29050)
Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.3 - 189.6United Kingdom Cylindrobullina avena (118018)
Sinemurian199.3 - 190.8Italy Conactaeon sp. (80016)
Bucklandi196.5 - 189.6Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Cylindrobullina scalaris (90446)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Slovakia Cylindrobullina sp. (141986)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Cylindrobullina domeria (225405)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany Cylindrobullina domeria (23624 23628 23812 23816 23817 23818 23841 23842 23844 23846) Cylindrobullina domeria, Cylindrobullina rara (23625 23626 23627 23814 23815) Cylindrobullina domeria, Cylindrobullina rara, Cylindrobullina obliquata, Cylindrobullina sp. (23840) Cylindrobullina domeria, Cylindrobullina sp. (23839 23843 23845 23847 23848)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (Bavaria) Cylindrobullina domeria (23852 23853 23855 23860) Cylindrobullina domeria, Cylindrobullina rara, Cylindrobullina obliquata, Cylindrobullina sp., Cylindrobullina sp. 1 (23850) Cylindrobullina domeria, Cylindrobullina sp. (23854) Cylindrobullina domeria, Cylindrobullina sp. 1 (23858 23859) Cylindrobullina sp. 1, Cylindrobullina sp. (23849) Cylindrobullina sp. 1, Cylindrobullina sp. 2, Cylindrobullina sp.3, Cylindrobullina domeria (23851) Cylindrobullina sp., Cylindrobullina domeria (23856 23857)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom (England) Cylindrobullina pseudomoorei, Cylindrobullina ventricosa (118059)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0United Kingdom Cylindrobullina pseudomoorei, Cylindrobullina dorsetensis, Cylindrobullina ventricosa (118051) Cylindrobullina pseudomoorei, Cylindrobullina sp., Cylindrobullina dorsetensis, Cylindrobullina ventricosa (118048) Cylindrobullina pseudomoorei, Cylindrobullina ventricosa (118047) Cylindrobullina ventricosa (118049)
Spinatum189.6 - 183.0Germany Actaeonina pseudmoorei (152175)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Portugal (Coimbra) Cylindrobullina sp. (211035 211038 211042 211047)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Cylindrobullina sp. (25214 25610 25612 25670 25671 25777 26390)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom Cylindrobullina sp. (213678 213684)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Teruel) Cylindrobullina sp. (211198 211199 211200 211214)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Germany Cylindrobullina sp. (75984) Cylindrobullina sp. 1 (58312)
Early/Lower Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Germany Cylindrobullina sp. 2 (75982)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Oxfordian171.6 - 155.7Romania (Brasov) Cylindrobullina sp., Cylindrobullina kirlingtonensis (81442)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Idaho) Cylindrobullina sp. (167128)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3India Cylindrites sp. (68388)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (Utah) Cylindrobullina sp. (167127 167129)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Egypt Cylindrites deserti (170870)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1USA (Utah) Cylindrobullina sp. (171857 171862 171871 171872 171888 171910 171918 171926 171967 171971 172004 172007 172008 172016 172024)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia Cylindrites acutus (48396) Cylindrites sp. (48405 48447)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1USA (Utah) Cylindrobullina sp. (169160)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1France Cylindrites sp., Cylindrobullina olivacea (38738)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Egypt Cylindrites sp. (171222 171228)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Cylindrites sp. (36551)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2USA (Utah) Cylindrobullina sp. (169148)
Late/Upper Bathonian - Early/Lower Callovian167.7 - 161.2Madagascar (Toliara) Cylindrites deserti (98168)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany Cylindrites blakei (58256) Cylindrobullina sp. (58251 58351 58403) Cylindrobullina sp., Cylindrites blakei (58345)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia Cylindrites sp. (48605)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Jordan Cylindrites sp. (35548)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Somalia Cylindrites sp. (92998)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia Cylindrites sp. (93482)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kenya Cylindrites sp. (36461)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Cylindrobullina sp. (2607 2608)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Tunisia Cylindrites sp. (13783 13951)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Poland Cylindrobullina schneideri (63064)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia Cylindrites sp. (46313)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3United Kingdom (England) Cylindrites sp. (1565 1608 2657 2658 2665 2667)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Cylindrobullina stueri (66972)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Germany Rugalindrites sp. (211294)
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) Goniocylindrites sp. (151980)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland Cylindrobullina valanginiana (63065)
Late/Upper Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Poland (Lodzkie) Cylindrobullina valanginiana (64839)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Austria Cylindrites cretaceus (65799)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Angola Cylindrites cordeiroi, Cylindrites delgadoi (210857)