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Angularia

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy
Angularia was named by Koken (1892) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-u Tr Nori Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. Its type is Angularia viridula.

It was reranked as Purpurina (Angularia) by Kittl (1894).

It was assigned to Purpurina by Kittl (1894); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Purpurinidae by Nützel and Erwin (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Angularia Koken
1894Purpurina (Angularia) Kittl p. 250
2002Angularia Sepkoski
2004Angularia Nützel and Erwin p. 398

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusAngularia

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. †Angularia Koken 1892
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Subg. †Angularia (Aristerostrophia) Broili 1907
†Angularia loxonemoides Kittl 1894
†Angularia rectecostata Nützel and Erwin 2004
†Angularia subpleurotomaria Münster 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height26.605.807.506.651.20

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:51:34
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:51:34
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Julian to the top of the Sevatian or 235.00000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy A. pleurotomaria, A. sp. A, A. subpleurotomaria (69659) A. pleurotomaria, A. subpleurotomaria (34692 69661 69669) A. subpleurotomaria (69656 69668 69672) Purpurina loxonemoides (144631)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0China (Yunnan) A. loxonemoides (165405 165407)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran A. sp. (37984)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Idaho) A. sp., A. rectecostata (38377)