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Portlockiellidae

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Portlockiellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Portlockiellidae Batten
1960Portlockiellidae Knight et al. p. 212
1975Portlockiellidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 208
2005Portlockiellidae Bouchet et al. p. 244
2005Portlockiellidae Heidelberger and Koch p. 16
2022Portlockiellidae Karapunar and Nützel p. 68
2023Portlockiellidae Wagner p. F175

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPortlockiellidae
familyPortlockiellidae

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. †Portlockiellidae Batten 1956
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G. †Hammatospira Gordon and Yochelson 1983
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Hammatospira bellula Gordon and Yochelson 1983
G. †Nodonema Linsley 1968
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Nodonema clathratulum Whiteaves 1892
Nodonema granulatum Linsley 1968
G. †Permoconcha Licharev 1967
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Permoconcha conica Batten 1958
Permoconcha ferganica Licharev 1967
Permoconcha minutula Mazaev 2015
Permoconcha tabulata Batten 1958
G. †Portlockiella Knight 1945
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Portlockiella blanda de Koninck 1851
Portlockiella elegans de Koninck 1881
G. †Shansiella Yin 1932
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Subg. †Shansiella (Oklahomaella) Karapunar and Nützel 2022
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Shansiella (Oklahomaella) globilineata Karapunar and Nützel 2022
Subg. †Shansiella (Shansiella) Yin 1932
Shansiella altispiralis Grabau 1922
Shansiella beckwithana McChesney 1859
Shansiella broadheadi White 1880
Shansiella canaliculatus Römer 1843
Shansiella carbonaria Norwood and Pratten 1855
Shansiella globosa Thomas 1940
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Invalid names: Shansiella nitida Thomas 1940 [synonym]
Invalid names: Latischisma Thomas 1940 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:24:42
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:24:42
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Wagner 2023, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 410.62000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (111 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47China (Nei Mongol) Portlockiellidae indet. (49135)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Michigan) Nodonema granulatum (102527)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Nodonema granulatum (102525)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95Canada (Ontario) Nodonema granulatum (102528) Portlockiella sp. (3846)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (Illinois) Nodonema granulatum (24285)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Canada (Manitoba) Eunema clathratulum (56461 106309 106310 106311)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Michigan) Nodonema sp. (38475)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany Turbo canaliculatus (156553)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) Shansiella globosa (38143)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Indiana) Portlockiella sp. (6733)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) Shansiella sp. (157 158 163)
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Poland (Swietokrzyskie) Portlockiella elegans (60116)
Visean346.7 - 330.3Belgium (Liége) Pleurotomaria blanda (147082)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) Portlockiella kentuckyensis (156788)
Asbian339.9 - 335.9Isle of Man Portlockia blanda (147189)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (Scotland) Latischisma globosa (154671)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom Latischisma globosa (90823)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) Latischisma globosa (73421) Shansiella globosa (57131)
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Nevada) Hammatospira bellula (5523 5526)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6China (Ningxia) Shansiella tongxinensis (671)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) Shansiella globilineata (224924)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Arizona) Shansiella beckwithana (42800)
Bashkirian323.4 - 315.2China (Nei Mongol) Shansiella tongxinensis (673)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Wyoming) Shansiella sp. (5725)
Westphalian B316.9 - 314.6Germany Shansiella sp. (50127)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Shansiella carbonaria (195795)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Shansiella beckwithana, Shansiella carbonaria (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Shansiella beckwithana (64888 64924) Shansiella beckwithana, Shansiella carbonaria (64915) Shansiella carbonaria (64890 64892 64897 64900 64902 64907 64909 64913 64918 64919 64925 64928 64929 64930 64936 64940 64942 64946 64948 71922)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Shansiella beckwithana, Shansiella carbonaria (46536) Shansiella sp. (146530)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Shansiella broadheadi (70482) Shansiella carbonaria (70135 70255 70271 70290 70296 70297)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Pleurotomaria carbonaria (90783)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Pleurotomaria carbonaria, Pleurotomaria beckwithiana (11100) Shansiella sp. (216619)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) Pleurotomaria carbonaria (184079)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Pleurotomaria carbonaria (128580) Shansiella beckwithana (170908)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Pleurotomaria carbonaria (156737) Shansiella planicostata (217916)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Pleurotomaria broadheadi (237767)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Kansas) Shansiella sp. (151)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Pleurotomaria carbonaria (184103 184105 184106)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Shansiella sp. (117 143 155)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Pleurotomaria carbonaria (175104 175105 175106) Shansiella insecta, Shansiella beckwithana (175213)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Illinois) Shansiella broadheadi (49833) Shansiella sp. (50219)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) Shansiella carbonaria (118827)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Shansiella beckwithana (220414) Shansiella carbonaria (217895 225052) Shansiella planicostata (217897 217905 217908 217958 218002 218006 218025) Shansiella planicostata, Shansiella carbonaria (217893) Shansiella planocostata (217915)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Permoconcha ferganica (202159)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Shansiella conica (101773) Shansiella tabulata (90007 101769)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Shansiella tabulata, Shansiella conica (101776)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Russian Federation (Kirov) Permoconcha minutula (126334 170190)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Shansiella sp. (109667)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Greece Shansiella sp. (64176)