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Paraporcellia

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae

Taxonomy
Porcellia (Paraporcellia) was named by Blodgett and Johnson (1992). Its type is Porcellia (Paraporcellia) rohri.

It was reranked as Paraporcellia by Frýda (1997).

It was assigned to Porcellia by Blodgett and Johnson (1992); and to Porcelliinae by Frýda (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Porcellia (Paraporcellia) Blodgett and Johnson p. 113
1997Paraporcellia Frýda

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPorcelliidae
subfamilyPorcelliinae
genusParaporcellia()

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. †Paraporcellia Blodgett and Johnson 1992
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Paraporcellia cornuarietis Sandberger and Sandberger 1853
Paraporcellia rohri Blodgett and Johnson 1992
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesuperf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedsuperf
Created: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:40
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Early/Lower Givetian or 413.02000 to 385.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Canada (Yukon) Porcellia sp. (80385)
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Nevada) Porcellia rohri (3826 3830)
Early/Lower Givetian387.95 - 385.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Porcellia cornuarietis (235157)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Porcellia cornuarietis (38358)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Hessen) Porcellia cornuarietis (38353 38356)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Pleurotomaria cornuarietis (44265)