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Obornella

Gastropoda - Pleurotomariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1959Obornella Cox
2001Obornella Conti and Monari p. 185
2002Obornella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyPleurotomarioidea(Swainson 1840)
familyPleurotomariidaeSwainson 1840
genusObornellaCox 1959

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. †Obornella Cox 1959
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Obornella lentiformis Eudes-Deslongchamps 1849
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Invalid names: Obornella buvignieri Kaestle 1990 [synonym], Obornella palaemon Haegele 1997 [synonym], Obornella parkinsoni Haegele 2003 [synonym], Pleurotomaria ornata Quenstedt 1857 [synonym], Pleurotomaria palaemon Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
Obornella suevica Sieberer 1907
Obornella thompsonorum Harasewych and Kiel 2007
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-21 10:45:50
Modified: 2014-09-30 15:03:14
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Bajocian to the top of the Late/Upper Oxfordian or 170.90000 to 154.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.6 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Bajocian170.9 - 168.6Germany O. lentiformis (150927 150929 150958) O. lentiformis, O. suevica (150928)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Morocco O. yeovilensis (97891)
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia Orbonella sp. (48105 48106)
Late/Upper Bajocian - Bathonian168.6 - 165.3Germany O. sp. (58413)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Gujarat) O. wuerttembergensis (98374)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3India (Kachchh) O. wuerttembergensis (24050)
Late/Upper Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Germany O. sp. (58332)
Early/Lower Callovian165.3 - 161.5Germany O. montreuilensis (58222)
Early/Lower Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (5936)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (1555 1606 1608)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Madagascar O. thompsonorum (98350)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8United Kingdom (England) O. sp. (5937)
Late/Upper Oxfordian157.9 - 154.8France (Normandy) O. sp. (4851)