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Phymatopleura

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Taxonomy
Phymatopleura was named by Girty (1939) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. Its type is Orestes nodosus. It is the type genus of Phymatopleuridae.

It was reranked as Pleurotomaria (Phymatopleura) by Reed (1944).

It was assigned to Pleurotomaria by Reed (1944); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phymatopleuridae by Batten (1956), Knight et al. (1960), Bouchet et al. (2005), Karapunar and Nützel (2022).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Orestes Girty p. 137
1939Phymatopleura Girty
1944Pleurotomaria (Phymatopleura) Reed p. 325
1956Phymatopleura Batten p. 42
1960Phymatopleura Knight et al. p. 215
2002Phymatopleura Sepkoski
2005Phymatopleura Bouchet et al.
2022Phymatopleura Karapunar and Nützel p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPhymatopleuridae
genusPhymatopleura

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.

G. †Phymatopleura Girty 1939
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†Phymatopleura baccata Reed 1944
†Phymatopleura brazoensis Shumard 1860
†Phymatopleura conica Karapunar and Nützel 2022
†Phymatopleura girtyi Karapunar and Nützel 2022
†Phymatopleura kattaensis Waagen 1880
†Phymatopleura nodosa Girty 1912
†Phymatopleura preclara Hoare et al. 1997
†Phymatopleura thyrrena Gemmellaro 1889
†Phymatopleura verneuili Geinitz 1848
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Invalid names: Pleurotomaria nodulosa King 1844 [synonym]
Invalid names: Orestes Girty 1912 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height1215.55.0045.015.913.5
shell diameter127.454.7012.07.413.07

Composition: aragonitef
Ribbing: minorf
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:10:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:13:10
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Famennian to the top of the Changhsingian or 365.20000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (116 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86China P. sp. (162315)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) P. sp. (49824)
Carboniferous358.86 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (157 158 159 163 172)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) P. sp. (59825)
Serpukhovian330.3 - 323.4USA (Oklahoma) P. heteropleura (5611)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Texas) P. nodosa (79967)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Oklahoma) P. conica (224924)
Atokan318.6 - 312.8USA (Colorado) Orestes nodosus (275967)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Orestes nodosus (90784)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) P. nodosus (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Illinois) P. sp. (91)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Orestes n. sp., Orestes nodosus (11100) P. nodosa (92869)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) P. nodosus (70255 70482)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) P. nodosa (46536)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) Orestes nodosus (90781 90782 90783 90787) P. girtyi (92471) P. nodosa (92288 92472) P. nodosus (8639 8640 8644 8645 8646 8649) P. sp. (90 112)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) P. nodosa (64892 64905 64907 64913 64915 64918)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) P. sp. (76)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Orestes brazoensis (128580) P. brazoensis (170908)
Late/Upper Pennsylvanian307.0 - 298.9USA (Indiana) Orestes sp. (215554)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Orestes brazoensis (156737) P. brazoensis (225048) P. sp. (217917)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) P. brazoensis (175213)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) P. sp. (115)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Oklahoma) Orestes nodosus (275964) P. sp. (117 155)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) P. brazoensis (146828)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) P. brazoensis (217893 217894 217895 217897 217898 217901 217905 217906 217908 217913 217929 217932 217977 217979 217992 218002 219193 220414 225019 225054 225056 225059) P. sp. (50197) P. sp., P. brazoensis (217915)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) P. brazonensis (118827)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) P. sp. (176)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Kansas) P. sp. (12253 12434)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) P. brazoensis (43509)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Malaysia (Perak) P. sp. (62131)
Noginskian276.8 - 264.9USA (Kansas) P. brazoensis (11560 11616 11645 11649) P. sp. (11613 11644 11769)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pleurotomaria thyrrena (108566)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) P. kattaensis (42098)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Pakistan Pleurotomaria kattaensis (119551 119552 127032 127033)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Germany Pleurotomaria verneuili (208942)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (England) P. verneuili (24085 109716 109717) Pleurotomaria linkiana (95677) Pleurotomaria linkiana, Pleurotomaria nodulosa (130765) Pleurotomaria nodulosa (130766)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Pleurotomaria baccata (126264 126267 126280)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom Pleurotomaria nodulosa (130870 130871) Pleurotomaria penea (130834)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14United Kingdom (Durham) Pleurotomaria nodulosa (130873 130874)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.51 - 251.902Pakistan Pleurotomaria paraliensis (126704 126756)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Pakistan Pleurotomaria paraliensis, Pleurotomaria uchhaliensis (126883) Pleurotomaria uchhaliensis (126889)