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Ataphrus

Gastropoda - Ataphridae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Ataphrus Gabb p. 171
1981Ataphrus Szabo p. 61
1984Ataphrus Kase p. 72
2002Ataphrus Sepkoski
2004Ataphrus Kaim p. 28
2005Ataphrus Bouchet et al. p. 32

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAtaphridaeCossmann 1915
genusAtaphrus

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. †Ataphrus Gabb 1869
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Subg. †Ataphrus (Ataphrus) Gabb 1869
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†Ataphrus (Ataphrus) cordevolensis Gatto and Monari 2010
†Ataphrus acmon Orbigny 1853
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Invalid names: Ataphrus laevigatus Sowerby 1818 [synonym], Chrysostoma ovulatum Hebert and Deslongchamps 1909 [synonym], Crossostoma discoideum Morris and Lycett 1850 [synonym]
†Ataphrus asiaticus Douvillé 1916
†Ataphrus compactus Gabb 1864
†Ataphrus crassus Gabb 1869
†Ataphrus folcoi Gemmellaro 1911
†Ataphrus howsei Gemmellaro 1889
†Ataphrus kerri Gabb 1876
†Ataphrus labadyei d'Archiac 1850
†Ataphrus marschmidti Gründel and Kaim 2006
†Ataphrus naricopsiformis Gründel 2007
†Ataphrus ovulatus Hebert and Deslongchamps 1860
†Ataphrus pembertoni Hall and Ambrose 1916
†Ataphrus planulatus Gemmellaro 1889
†Ataphrus wawalensis Kaim 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height35.502.709.506.503.41
shell height910.36.8018.08.004.38

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

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wordian to the top of the Selandian or 266.90000 to 59.24000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 264.28 Ma

Collections (137 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Chrysostoma howsei (108675) Chrysostoma planulatum (108566 233340) Chrysostoma planulatum, Chrysostoma howsei (108672)
Late/Upper Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9Hungary A. sp. (118984)
Obtusum199.5 - 192.9Germany A. naricopsiformis (151335)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum199.5 - 192.9Hungary (Veszprém Megye) A. folcoi (81576)
Sinemurian199.5 - 192.9United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) A. sp. (204150)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Hungary A. folcoi (108843)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy (Messina) Trochus folcoi (173593)
Ibex192.9 - 184.2Hungary A. sp. (108883 108884)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Italy (Veneto) A. latilabrus, A. cordevolensis (98398)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2Hungary A. folcoi (91406)
Pliensbachian192.9 - 184.2United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) A. bullatus (204124)
Spinatum192.9 - 184.2Germany A. helix (159446)
Early/Lower Toarcian184.2 - 182.9Spain A. sp. (25778 26386)
Middle Toarcian182.9 - 180.4Spain A. sp. (25887)
Opalinum174.7 - 170.9United Kingdom A. laevigatus (141362)
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Germany A. acmon (150925)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Tanzania A. acmon (36402)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2France A. sp. (34714)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.9 - 165.3China (Yunnan) A. labadyei (165450) A. ovulatus (165449)
Late/Upper Bajocian168.6 - 168.2Poland A. sp. (58285)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt A. asiaticus (171222)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India A. actaeus (67666 67667)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland A. papilla (91908)
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France A. belus (38738)
Early/Lower Bathonian - Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Poland A. sp. (58279)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France A. sp. (174437)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3France (Basse-Normandie) A. sp. (90523)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) A. sp., A. lucidus (24050)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3United Kingdom A. comma (37508)
Callovian165.3 - 161.5India A. actaeus (61660) A. actaeus, A. sp. (67630) A. labadeyi (61467 61885 63242 67395 67401 68078) A. labadeyi, A. actaeus (67622) A. sp. (67548) A. sp., A. actaeus (61521)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia A. halesus, A. labadyei (100390) A. labadyei (100389)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5India A. actaeus (61793 61816 61825 63063 63066 68286) A. sp. (67608)
Early/Lower Callovian - Middle Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia A. labadyei (100392)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5India A. actaeus (61733) A. labadeyi (68281 68598 68601) A. sp. (68291)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia A. sp. (13898 13900 13902 13951)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France A. sp. (4854)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8Poland A. marschmidti (66972)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian154.8 - 152.21Portugal A. pupillus (67935) A. sp. (67903)
Kimmeridgian154.8 - 149.2Portugal A. pupillus (67958)
Early/Lower Valanginian137.05 - 132.6Poland (Lodzkie) A. wawalensis (64876)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Japan A. nipponicus (91333)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Austria A. reductus (65800)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) A. albensis (1836)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Germany A. serricatus (67184)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Japan A. desori (91310) A. yokoyamai (91260 91288 91296 91299 91309) A. yokoyomai (91285)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian119.57 - 110.1Japan A. yokoyamai (91254)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) A. kerri (7610 7621 7622 190554 190555) A. sp. (7611 7624)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) A. griffini (7456)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) Littorina compacta (72056)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) A. sp. (4265 4267 4277 4280 4281 4282 4297 4298 4300 4301 4303 4305 4309 4310 4311 4312 4313 4314 4338)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Japan A. sp. (4890)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) A. sp. (4101 4104 4105 4107)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) A. sp. (4261 4262 4264 4270 4271 4272 4285)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) A. kerri (7616)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (South Carolina) A. sp. (4347 4350 4351 4352 4354 4355)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) A. sp. (4380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) A. compactus (185636)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Greenland A. sp. (22943)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Denmark A. sp. (176994)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (Maryland) A. glandula (83135)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24Greenland A. sp. (22944)