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Patellilabia

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy

Patellilabia was named by Knight (1945) [Sepkoski's age data: D Give P Sakm Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Knightitinae by Knight et al. (1960) and Wagner (2023).

Species

Extendilabrum heshanensis, P. alticarinata (syn. P. papilionis, P. fragilis, P. mira, P. ventricula, P. strictomarginata, P. acutangula, P. obliqua, P. anshunense), P. aplanata, P. britannica, P. chesterensis, P. junior, P. laevigata, P. rhombadella, P. scriptiferus, P. sulcata, P. tentoriolum

Synonyms

Aiptospira was named by Wang (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 1130 Wang in Wang & Xi 1980]. It is the type genus of Aiptospirinae.

It was synonymized subjectively with Extendilabrum by Pan and Yu (1993); it was synonymized subjectively with Patellilabia by Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Aiptospirinae by Wang and Xi (1980) and Bouchet et al. (2005).
Extendilabrum was named by Wang (1980) [Sepkoski's age data: P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 1130].

It was synonymized subjectively with Patellilabia by Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002).
Singulitubus was named by Wang (1980) [Wang in Wang & Xi 1980 Sepkoski's age data: P Djhu P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 1130]. Its type is Singulitubus obliquus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Patellilabia by Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002).
Tetratubispira was named by Wang (1980) [Wang in Wang & Xi 1980 Sepkoski's age data: P Dora Sepkoski's reference number: 1130]. Its type is Tetratubispira mira.

It was synonymized subjectively with Patellilabia by Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1945	Patellilabia Knight
1960	Patellilabia Knight et al. p. 184
1980	Extendilabrum Wang p. 202
1980	Singulitubus Wang p. 208
1980	Aiptospira Wang p. 209
1980	Tetratubispira Wang p. 210
1980	Aiptospira Wang and Xi p. 209
2002	Aiptospira Sepkoski
2002	Extendilabrum Sepkoski
2002	Patellilabia Sepkoski
2002	Singulitubus Sepkoski
2002	Tetratubispira Sepkoski
2005	Aiptospira Bouchet et al. pp. 22, 241
2023	Patellilabia Wagner p. G1053

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
suborder	Bellerophontina
superfamily	Bellerophontoidea	()
family	Bellerophontidae
subfamily	Knightitinae
genus	Patellilabia

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. †Patellilabia Knight 1945

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†Patellilabia alticarinata Wang 1980

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Invalid names: Patellilabia acutangula Wang 1980 [synonym], Patellilabia anshunense Wang 1980 [synonym], Patellilabia fragilis Wang 1980 [synonym], Patellilabia mira Wang 1980 [synonym], Patellilabia obliqua Wang 1980 [synonym], Patellilabia papilionis Wang 1980 [synonym], Patellilabia strictomarginata Wang 1980 [synonym], Patellilabia ventricula Wang 1980 [synonym]

†Patellilabia aplanata Gromczakiewicz-Lomnicka 1972

†Patellilabia britannica Peel 2016

†Patellilabia chesterensis Thein and Nitecki 1974

†Patellilabia junior Yochelson 1960

†Patellilabia laevigata Girty 1910

†Patellilabia rhombadella Jeffery et al. 1994

†Patellilabia scriptiferus White 1862

†Patellilabia sulcata Jeffery et al. 1994

†Patellilabia tentoriolum Knight 1945

Invalid names: Aiptospira Wang 1980 [synonym], Extendilabrum Wang 1980 [synonym], Singulitubus Wang 1980 [synonym], Tetratubispira Wang 1980 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	13.6	9.30	20.0	14.7	7.57

Composition:

aragoniteo

Composition 2:

low Mg calciteo

Entire body:

yesf

Adult length:

10 to < 100f

Adult width:

10 to < 100f

Locomotion:

slow-movingf

Life habit:

low-level epifaunalf

Diet:

detritivoref

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-06-11 14:40:27

Modified:

2009-10-11 13:36:14

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Famennian to the top of the Changhsingian or 372.20000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (45 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Famennian	372.2 - 358.9	USA (Iowa)	Patellostium scriptiferus (146537)
Brigantian	336.0 - 330.9	USA (Arkansas)	P. laevigata (76143)
Brigantian	336.0 - 330.9	USA (Alabama)	P. sp. (6762 6763 6764 6766 6769 6780 6789 6795 6806 6823 6831 6835)
Brigantian	336.0 - 330.9	Poland (Malopolskie)	P. aplanata (101993)
Chesterian	335.5 - 323.2	USA (Illinois)	P. chesterensis (58997 59824)
Chesterian	335.5 - 323.2	USA (Kentucky)	P. chesterensis (59827)
Serpukhovian	330.9 - 323.2	USA (Arkansas)	P. laevigata (64619) P. rhombadella, P. sulcata (5517)
Alportian	322.8 - 321.8	United Kingdom (England)	P. britannica (182841)
Desmoinesian	312.8 - 306.0	USA (Missouri)	P. tentoriolum (70483)
Desmoinesian	312.8 - 306.0	USA (New Mexico)	P. sp. (46536)
Desmoinesian	312.8 - 306.0	USA (Ohio)	P. sp. (64882 64940 64948 64951)
Missourian	306.0 - 303.7	USA (Maryland)	P. tentoriolum (118828)
Virgilian	303.7 - 298.9	USA (New Mexico)	P. sp. (156699)
Asselian - Sakmarian	298.9 - 290.1	Peru (Apurimac)	P. tentoriolum (41356)
Sakmarian	293.52 - 290.1	USA (New Mexico)	P. sp. (39153 39154 39155)
Kungurian	279.3 - 272.3	USA (Texas)	P. junior (101802 121486 121488 121491)
Wuchiapingian	259.9 - 254.17	China (Guizhou)	Singulitubus ventriculus (119955)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Guizhou)	Aiptospira papilionis (111988) Extendilabrum alticarinatum (111989) Extendilabrum anshunense (111993) Singulitubus obliquus (112016) Tetratubispira micra, Aiptospira acutangula, Aiptospira papilionis, Aiptospira fragilis, Extendilabrum alticarinatum (111986)
Changhsingian	254.17 - 252.17	China (Guangxi)	Extendilabrum alticarinatum (149217) Extendilabrum papilionis, Extendilabrum heshanensis (56890)