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Protorcula

Gastropoda - Protorculidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Undularia (Protorcula) Kittl p. 169
1991Protorcula Bandel p. 254
2002Protorcula Sepkoski
2003Protorcula Nützel et al. p. 90
2005Protorcula Bouchet et al. p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyZygopleuroidea
familyProtorculidae
genusProtorcula()

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. †Protorcula Kittl 1894
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Protorcula bassetti Smith 1927
Protorcula bosniaca Kittl 1903
Protorcula frydai Nützel et al. 2003
Protorcula iranica Nützel et al. 2012
Protorcula larica Kittl 1899
Protorcula matthioli Stoppani 1858
Protorcula parvula Krumbeck 1913
Protorcula permiana Nützel and Nakazawa 2012
Protorcula pusilla Stoppani 1858
Protorcula quadricostata Gründel 2007
Protorcula subpunctata Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Terebratula bucklandii Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella gaytani Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella hehlii Klipstein 1843 [synonym], Turritella marginenodosa Münster 1841 [synonym], Turritella nodulosa Braun 1841 [synonym]
Protorcula unicarinata Kittl 1899
Protorcula wichmanni Krumbeck 1924
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
height26.004.807.506.151.91
shell height1114.82.8043.015.014.9
shell diameter113.201.904.304.001.31

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Obtusum or 265.10000 to 189.60000 Ma

Collections (39 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9Japan P. permiana (109667)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) P. sp. (31619)
Middle Triassic247.2 - 237.0Bosnia and Herzegovina P. bosniaca (206736)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy P. subpunctata (202000 202028 202030 202032) Undularia loxonemoides (138255) Undularia obliquelineata (138256)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Hungary (Bakony) P. subpunctata (203197 203199 203210 203276)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy P. sp. (69651 69656) P. sp., P. excavata (69664 202422) P. sp., P. subpunctata (69668) P. subpunctata (69662) P. subpunctata, P. excavata (34692 69661) Turritella subpunctata, Turritella marginenodosa, Turritella nodulosa (137429) Undularia subpunctata (144633 144783) Undularia subpunctata, Undularia densepunctata, Undularia excavata (144631)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) P. wichmanni (205583)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran (Isfahan) P. sp. (138967)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Indonesia (Maluku) P. parvula (204489)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Alaska) P. bassetti (112236)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56USA (Oregon) P. frydai (36755)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Iran P. iranica (106268)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6USA (Idaho) P. concava, P. sp. (38377)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran P. sp., P. subpunctata (37959) P. subpunctata (36869 37984 37985)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria (Vienna) P. sp. (233865)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Peru P. sp. (68096)
Obtusum196.5 - 189.6Germany P. quadricostata (151335)