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Anchura

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Anchura Conrad
1955Anchura Allison p. 427
1964Anchura Sohl p. 366
1993Anchura Saul and Popenoe p. 353
2002Anchura Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
genusAnchuraConrad 1860

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. †Anchura Conrad 1860
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Subg. †Anchura (Anchura) Conrad 1860
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†Anchura abrupta Conrad 1860
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Invalid names: Drepanochilus martini Stephenson 1941 [synonym]
†Anchura ainikta Elder and Saul 1996
†Anchura angulata Gabb 1864
†Anchura baptos Elder and Saul 1996
†Anchura callosa Whiteaves 1903
†Anchura carinifera Gabb 1869
†Anchura convexa Wade 1926
†Anchura dubius Briart and Cornet 1868
†Anchura englishi Dickerson 1914
†Anchura falciformis Gabb 1864
†Anchura gabbi Dickerson 1914
†Anchura gibbera Webster 1983
†Anchura halberdopsis Elder and Saul 1996
†Anchura infortunata White 1887
†Anchura monilifera Gabb 1869
†Anchura nanaimoensis Whiteaves 1879
†Anchura noackensis Stephenson 1941
†Anchura nuptialis White 1874
†Anchura pelsaerti Wild and Stilwell 2016
†Anchura pennata Morton 1834
†Anchura phaba Elder and Saul 1996
†Anchura requieniana d'Orbigny 1842
†Anchura substriata Wade 1926
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
L. R. Saul and W. P. Popenoe 1993Medium- to large-sized aporrhaids with high, evenly tapering spires; sculpture ornate, with both axial and spiral elements, commonly noded at intersections; aperture sublenticular; anterior rostrum long and narrow; outer lip elongate, extended into a falcate digitation, bent posteriorly.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Diet 2: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:33:39
Modified: 2009-09-18 12:16:47
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Selandian or 170.90000 to 59.24000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.2 Ma

Collections (276 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.9 - 168.2Saudi Arabia A. sp. (48015)
Oxfordian161.5 - 154.8Saudi Arabia A. sp. (45562 45818)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Germany A. sp. (211294)
Barremian125.77 - 121.4Venezuela A. catedralis (1858) A. sucrensis (90531)
Aptian121.4 - 113.2United Kingdom (England) A. glabra, A. robinaldina (1747) A. parkinsoni (1823) A. robinaldina (1745 1759 1764 1851 1856) A. sp. (1749)
Aptian - Albian121.4 - 100.5Germany A. sp. (67184)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mexico (Baja California) A. andersoni (1890)
Late/Upper Aptian119.57 - 113.2Mozambique A. parkinsoni (174616 174817)
Early/Lower Albian113.2 - 110.1United Kingdom (England) A. parkinsoni (1783 1827)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Madagascar A. besairiei (98230) A. marginata (98227)
Albian113.2 - 100.5Mexico (Coahuila de Zaragoza) A. sp. (88630)
Middle Albian110.1 - 106.3United Kingdom (England) A. parkinsoni (1765)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Fusus dubius (6280)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Mozambique A. parkinsoni (174805 174809 174811)
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5Indian Ocean A. pelsaerti (181562)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (California) A. sp. (185734)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (New Jersey) A. bakeri, A. raritanensis, A. sp. (6649)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Texas) A. modesta (6589 6593 6595 6613) A. sp. (4647 4648 6497 6596 6603 6604 6632 6637) A. sp., A. turricula (6498 6610) A. turricula (6526 6533 6594 6615 6645) A. whitneyensis (4638 4651 6467 6469 6486)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) A. dubius (94265)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Minnesota) A. grouti (1987 1989)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Montana) A. sp. (168055)
Late/Upper Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9USA (Utah) A. sp. (3327)
Middle Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Mozambique A. zululandiae (174799)
Late/Upper Cretaceous100.5 - 66.0USA (California) A. sp. (185378 185498 185503 193032)
Early/Lower Turonian93.9 - 89.8Canada (British Columbia) A. sp. (210515)
Late/Upper Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) A. sp. (215284)
Middle Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (Arizona) A. hopii (53504)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8USA (California) A. sp. (167600)
Turonian - Coniacian93.9 - 85.7USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (87757)
Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (California) Aporrhais falciformis (44232)
Middle Coniacian89.8 - 85.7USA (Wyoming) A. sp. (87773)
Early/Lower Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) A. falciformis (158104)
Late/Upper Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) A. callosa (185149 185150)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (Georgia) A. sp. (5159 5161)
Santonian85.7 - 83.6USA (California) A. falciformis (44276)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian85.7 - 72.2USA (California) A. callosa (3889)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. phaba (185157)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) A. sp. (124929)
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) A. sp. (7612 190554 190555 190579)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) A. americana (87439) A. sp. (82676 82677)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) A. sp. (6130)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. callosa (3888 3890 3891 3892 69312 86939) A. falciformis (44274 44277 86936 185152 185153 185156 238649 238651) A. halberdopsis (3885 3886) A. phaba (185171 185172 185176)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) A. rostrata (88606 188337) A. rostrata, A. sp. (88610)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) A. substriata (7513)
Early/Lower Campanian - Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) A. chapelvillensis, A. coffea, A. corniculata (7456) A. coffea (7458) A. substriata (6660)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Texas) A. lamari (7500 7502) A. lamari, Drepanochilus martini (7481) A. spp. (7503) Drepanochilus martini (7552 7580)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Mexico (Baja California) A. gibbera (185187)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2Canada (Alberta) A. americana (82638)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) A. sp. (6146 6155 6156 6157)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. phaba (72057 185168) A. sp. (1548)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) A. pergracilis, A. substriata, A. convexa (88357)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Washington) A. falciformis (185154 185155)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. falciformis (144762) A. phaba (185174 185177 185178 185179 219078) Aporrhais falciformis (72056)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) A. abrupta (3870) A. pennata (3877 3883)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (California) A. ainikta (185180 185181 185184) A. phaba (215264)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) A. substriata, A. convexa (7515)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0Mexico (Baja California) A. gibbera (185185 190523 190524 190526 190527 190528 190529 190530 190531 190532)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) A. pennata (52504)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.6 - 66.0USA (California) A. gibbera (185186) A. sp. (1529)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) A. sp. (66683 224893)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) A. noakensis (4277)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) A. denticulata (7461)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) A. noakensis, A. sp. (4247) A. sp. (4240 4250 4254 4259)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) A. abrupta (7476 7477 7479 7487 7586 7590) A. substriata (7609)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) A. pennata, A. abrupta (26818)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Missouri) A. sp. (4385 4386)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) A. noakensis (4121)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) A. noakensis (4130 4143 4154 4162 4164 4166) A. noakensis, A. sp. (4147 4148 4156 4160 4163 4167) A. sp. (4126 4127 4144 4151 4157 4158 4161 4170)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) A. noackensis (83225) A. noakensis (4193 4200 4205 4206 4216 4229) A. noakensis, A. sp. (4183) A. sp. (4177 4178 4179 4180 4182 4186 4197 4201 4202 4213 4215 4231 4236)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) A. baptos (185188 185190)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) A. bexarensis (4507) A. noakensis (4470) A. sp. (4399 4401 4404 4411 4412 4414 4449 4472 4475 4491 4496 4505 4514 4516 4517)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) A. pennata (124937)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (North Carolina) A. sp. (83302)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) A. bexarensis (7489) A. bexarensis, A. sp. (205541) A. lamari (7480 7494 7541) A. noackensis (7557) A. sp. (7493 7570 205408 205446 205542 205543)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (California) A. sp. (83777 185191 185622)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) A. abrupta (4380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) A. abrupta (7600) A. noakensis (4145) A. sp. (7486)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Russian Federation A. sp. (66561 66565)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) A. abrupta (83239)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) A. sp., A. abrupta, A. convexa (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Arkansas) A. sp. (4388)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) A. abrupta (26819)
Danian66.0 - 61.66USA (California) A. baptos (185189)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Egypt A. schweinfurthi (2927)
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.66Egypt (Western Desert) A. schweinfurthi (3131 3142 3146)
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0USA (California) A. sp. (190787)
Selandian61.66 - 59.24USA (California) A. englishi (81800) A. gabbi (184016)