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Gosseletina

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Gosseletia de Koninck
1885Gosseletina Fischer
1907Pleurotomaria (Gosseletina) Perner
1960Gosseletina Knight et al. p. 210
2002Gosseletina Sepkoski
2005Gosseletina Bouchet et al. p. 83
2021Gosseletina Mazaev p. 602

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
genusGosseletina

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. †Gosseletina Fischer 1885
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Gosseletina aspeniana Girty 1927
Gosseletina australis Etheridge 1917
Gosseletina callosa de Koninck 1843
Gosseletina dangchangensis Tong and Erwin 2001
Gosseletina fuchsi Kittl 1891
Gosseletina idahoensis Girty 1910
Gosseletina isomorpha Gemmellaro 1889
Gosseletina johnsoni Thein and Nitecki 1974
Gosseletina nodosa Batten 1966
Gosseletina permiana Batten 1989
Gosseletina persimplex Girty 1915
Gosseletina pratteni Meek and Worthen 1860
Gosseletina subglobosa Miller 1877
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Invalid names: Pleurotomaria rotundata Hall 1856 [replaced]
Invalid names: Gosseletia de Koninck 1883 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height89.082.1020.710.45.70
shell diameter812.67.2022.214.710.6

Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Meramecian to the top of the Julian or 342.90000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (36 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arundian346.7 - 339.9Poland (Swietokrzyskie) G. sp., G. nodosa (60116)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Nevada) G. sp. A, G. sp. B (62674)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Indiana) Pleurotomaria rotundata (129910 129912) Pleurotomaria subglobosa (129930)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Illinois) Pleurotomaria rotundata (129929)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4USA (Kentucky) G. subglobosa (2713)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3Ireland (Cork) Pleurotomaria callosa (184504)
Brigantian335.9 - 330.3United Kingdom (England) G. nodosa (57131)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Kentucky) G. johnsoni (59823)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) G. johnsoni (58998 59826)
Chesterian - Alportian335.4 - 321.8USA (Wyoming) G. sp. (5720)
Westphalian318.7 - 307.4USA (Kentucky) G. sp. (52864)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) G. persimplex (70482)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) G. sp. (216619)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Pleurotomaria pratteni (157613)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) G. permiana (43476)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) G. permiana (43478)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1USA (New Mexico) G. permiana (39155 101786)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) G. permiana (81592 81617 101806)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) G. permiana (81693)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Wyoming) Pleurotomaria idahoensis (108913 108934)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Idaho) Pleurotomaria idahoensis (88260)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Pleurotomaria isomorpha (108672)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Pakistan Pleurotomaria wanneri (125908)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14USA (Wyoming) G. permiana (61950)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Gansu) G. dangchangensis (119265 119266)
Anisian246.7 - 241.464China (Sichuan) G. sp. (119269)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy G. fuchsi (144631) G. sp. (69651)