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Brookula

Gastropoda - Skeneidae

Taxonomy
Brookula was named by Iredale (1912) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Skeneadae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Brookula Iredale
1990Brookula Beu et al. p. 403
2002Brookula Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familySkeneidae(Clark 1851)
genusBrookulaIredale 1912

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. Brookula Iredale 1912
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Subg. Brookula (Brookula) Iredale 1912
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Brookula (Brookula) oliverioi Conti and Monari 1991
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:46:42
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:10
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Jamesoni to the top of the Altonian or 192.90000 to 15.90000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 184.2 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jamesoni192.9 - 184.2Türkiye B. oliverioi (158460)
Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) B. s. (3641)
Altonian18.7 - 15.9New Zealand B. endodonta (67897) B. pukeuriensis (67900)