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Pyrazisinus

Gastropoda - Batillariidae

Taxonomy
Pyrazisinus was named by Heilprin (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: T Ol-u T Plio]. Its type is Pyrazisinus campanulatus.

It was reranked as Potamides (Pyrazisinus) by Weisbord (1929); it was reranked as Pyrazus (Pyrazisinus) by Olsson (1967); it was reranked as Terebralia (Pyrazisinus) by Todd (2001).

It was assigned to Potamides by Weisbord (1929); to Pyrazus by Olsson (1967); to Terebralia by Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); to Potamididae by Petuch (1997) and Petuch (2004); and to Batillariidae by Harzhauser (2007).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1886Pyrazisinus Heilprin
1929Potamides (Pyrazisinus) Weisbord p. 39
1967Pyrazus (Pyrazisinus) Olsson p. 38
1997Pyrazisinus Petuch p. 126
2001Terebralia (Pyrazisinus) Todd
2002Pyrazisinus Sepkoski
2004Pyrazisinus Petuch pp. 269, 270
2007Pyrazisinus Harzhauser p. 94

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(FĂ©russac 1819)
familyBatillariidae(Thiele 1929)
genusPyrazisinusHeilprin 1886

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. †Pyrazisinus Heilprin 1886
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Pyrazisinus campanulatus Heilprin 1887
Pyrazisinus cochlear Fuchs 1870
Pyrazisinus kendrewi Petuch 1997
Pyrazisinus monstrosus Grateloup 1847
Pyrazisinus ultimus Petuch 2004
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: grazersubf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:10:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:32
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Oligocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 33.90000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4USA (Florida) P. kendrewi (80184)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Oman P. monstrosus (75606 75608)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Florida) Potamides campanulatus (61045 61047 61051 61096 61100 61102 61103 61126) Potamides campanulatus, Potamides cornutus (61070 61101) Potamides campanulatus, Potamides cornutus, Potamides acutus (60985) Potamides cornutus (61071)
Chattian - Aquitanian28.1 - 20.44USA (Georgia) Potamides campanulatus, Potamides cornutus (61130)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. sp. (75041)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic Terebralia sp. (75038)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. kissimmeensis (79875) P. lindae, P. sarastoaensis, P. scalinus (79876) P. scalinus (79960)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela P. sp. (79710)
Late/Upper Pliocene - Early/Lower Pleistocene3.6 - 0.781USA (Florida) P. scalatus, P. ecarinatus (79804)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) P. ecarinatus (35025) P. intermedius (79782) Pyrazus scalatus (79331 79333 79335)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) P. palmbeachensis, P. roseae, P. turriculis (79747) P. sp., P. scalatus (35031)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. gravesae (79738) P. gravesae, P. scalatus, P. ultimus (96538) P. ultimus (62458)