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Amberleya

Gastropoda - Eucyclidae

Taxonomy
Amberleya was named by Morris and Lycett (1851) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Anis J Oxfo-l Sepkoski's reference number: 909].

It was assigned to Turbinidae by Stanton (1895); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Amberleyidae by Kase (1984), Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Eucyclidae by Bandel (2010), Ferrari et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1851Amberleya Morris and Lycett p. 54
1895Amberleya Stanton p. 68
1984Amberleya Kase p. 96
2002Amberleya Sepkoski
2005Amberleya Bouchet et al. p. 23
2010Amberleya Bandel p. 446
2014Amberleya Ferrari et al. p. 1177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilySeguenzioideaVerril 1884
familyEucyclidaeKoken 1896
genusAmberleyaMorris and Lycett 1851

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. †Amberleya Morris and Lycett 1851
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†Amberleya acuminata Terquem and Piette 1868
†Amberleya aureliana Cossmann 1899
†Amberleya cuccoensis Fischer et al. 2002
†Amberleya subimbricata d'Orbigny 1850
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Invalid names: Trochus imbricatus Sowerby 1821 [replaced], Turbo marginatus Zieten 1832 [replaced]
†Amberleya torosa Marwick 1953
†Amberleya zealandica Trechmann 1923
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height122.3

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:46:29
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:18
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Hettangian to the top of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian or 201.40000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Angulata201.4 - 199.5Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. acuminata (90445)
Late/Upper Hettangian - Early/Lower Sinemurian201.4 - 192.9Chile A. sp. (58435)
Aratauran201.4 - 188.9New Zealand A. zealandica (63825)
Early/Lower Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile A. sp. (210171)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Argentina (Mendoza) A. americana (201509)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile A. americana (32412)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) A. sp. (78350)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) A. elegans (204151)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Italy A. cuccoensis (80016)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (96467)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Chile A. americana (7419)
Davoei192.9 - 184.2Hungary A. sp. (109151)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland A. polytaenia (161983)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) A. sp. (204128)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Dorset) A. auricipitis (159147) A. subimbricata (159141 159144)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2France A. sp. (227111 227112)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Chile A. americana (33883 33889 33890)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) A. gaudryana (204124) A. subimbricata (204121 204123)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Greenland A. imbricata (161974) A. polytaenia (161982 162099) A. sp. (162113)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7Greenland A. sp. (162294)
Toarcian184.2 - 174.7France A. sp., A. subimbricata (51608)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Chile A. americana (34120)
Aalenian174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom (Yorkshire) A. biserta (220499)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9Switzerland A. tenuistriata (35812 35815 35819 35820 35830)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6France A. sp. (21269)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France A. sp. (34714)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia A. sp. (45301)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3USA (Utah) A. sp. (171926)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom (England) A. bathonica (36557)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India A. sp. (68593)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India A. ornata (63542)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8India A. sp. (63534)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Greenland A. sp. (1468)
Late/Upper Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian157.9 - 152.21France (Normandy) A. montaneyensis (23539)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2United Kingdom (England) A. sp. (1613)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany (Baden-Württemberg) A. sp. (154138)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Greenland A. pulchra (1201 1473)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Germany A. scalariaesimilis (67176 67178)
Late/Upper Barremian - Early/Lower Albian125.77 - 110.1China (Heilongjiang) A. sp. (47110)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (New Mexico) A. mudgeana (37561)
Albian113.2 - 100.5USA (Kansas) A. sp. (2036 2053)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Russian Federation A. sp. (66560)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Antarctica A. sp. (39620)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica A. sp. (279377)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. spinigera (3158)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. spinigera (3166 3169)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Antarctica (Seymour Island) A. spinigera (3161 63513 63518)