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Tympanotonos

Gastropoda - Potamididae

Taxonomy
Tympanotonos was named by Schumacher (1817) [Sepkoski's age data: K Turo R]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Potamides (Tympanotomus) by Cossmann and Pissarro (1902).

It was assigned to Potamides by Cossmann and Pissarro (1902); to Potamidinae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Potamididae by Ladd (1972), Harzhauser and Mandic (2001) and Harzhauser (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1817Tympanotonos Schumacher
1902Potamides (Tympanotomus) Cossmann and Pissarro p. 46
1972Tympanotonos Ladd p. 26
1995Tympanotonos Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
2001Tympanotonos Harzhauser and Mandic p. 696
2002Tympanotonos Sepkoski
2004Tympanotonos Harzhauser p. 120

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPotamididae(Adams and Adams 1854)
genusTympanotonosSchumacher 1817

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. Tympanotonos Schumacher 1817
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Subg. †Tympanotonos (Diptychochilus) Cossmann in Doncieux 1908
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Diptychochilus montsecanus Cossmann 1898
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Invalid names: Tympanotonos (Diptychochilus) subquadrisulcatum d'Orbigny 1850 [synonym]
Subg. †Tympanotonos (Eotympanotonus) Chavan 1952
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Subg. Tympanotonos (Tympanotonos) Schumacher 1817
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Tympanotonos morillensis Dominici and Kowalke 2014
Tympanotonos stroppus Brongniart 1823
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Invalid names: Cerithium bayani Tournouer 1872 [synonym]
Tympanotonos turris Deshayes 1833
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Invalid names: Potamides monsecanus Cossmann 1896 [synonym], Potamides orengae Cossmann 1896 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:14:03
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:14:03
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Campanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 83.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 70.6 Ma

Collections (139 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Delaware) T. cretacea (6146)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium T. varians (22931)
Danian66.0 - 61.6France T. sp. (20816)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) T. funatus (8083 8085)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland T. calcitrapoides, T. funatus, T. sp. (27019) T. calcitrapoides, T. sp. (27018) T. sp. (27021)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France T. proavus (178086)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aisne) Cerithium subquadrisulcatum (177669)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey T. sp., T. turris (183890)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) T. papalis (3267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Diptychochilus montsecanus (184298) T. inaequirugatus (75327) T. inaequirugatus, T. orengae (75322 75324 75337 75350 75351 75359) T. inaequirugatus, T. orengae, T. solerensis (75356) T. morillensis (184267 184271) T. orengae (75321 75323 75330 75331 75332 75339 75343 75344 75347 75352 75353 75354 75355 75357 75358 75383 75385 75410 75411) T. orengae, T. solerensis (75328 75329 75342 75348 75349 75360 75361 75399 75404 75405 75409 75414) T. orengae, T. solerensis, T. pyreneensis (75370 75406) T. solerensis (75363 75366 75371 75372 75373 75391 75407) T. turris (184272)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France T. conoideus, T. emarginatus (171526)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) T. praecinctus, T. submarginatus, T. emarginatus (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) T. californicus (210283 210285 210289 210290)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Veneto) T. atropos, T. calcaratus (178203)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Eure-et-Loir) T. involutus (178055)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Egypt (Eastern Desert) T. aegyptiacus (3297)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Panama (Colon) T. acanthodes (49497)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) T. submarginatus, T. conarius (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) T. roissyi, T. conarius, T. cordieri (178155)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France T. conarius (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) T. roissyi, T. conarius (179130)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Italy T. diaboli (78565) T. stroppus (78617)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria T. calcaratus (103742 103760) T. cordieri (103740) T. trochleare (103771)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Burgas) T. cordieri, T. calcaratus (102230)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) T. trochleare (102406)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Italy T. stroppus (81044)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) T. conjuctus, T. trochlearis, T. sp. (9073) T. conjunctus (9072 9075 9077 9267) T. conjunctus, T. labyrinthus, T. trochlearis (9169) T. conjunctus, T. sp. (9130) T. conjunctus, T. trochlearis (9098 9114 9132 9135 9171 9173 9193 9268 9269) T. conjunctus, T. trochlearis, T. sp. (9076 9078 9079 9131) T. sp. (9067) T. sp., T. conjunctus, T. trochlearis (9180) T. trochlearis (9134 9172 9174 9175 9177 9179) T. trochlearis, T. sp., T. conjunctus (9133)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Turkey T. trochlearispina (111673)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran T. stroppus (76199)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania T. trochleare (101972 102028 102029 102079) T. vivarii (102027) T. vivarii, T. trochleare (102020 102023)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03France (Essonne) T. conjunctus (9129)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Bulgaria (Kurdzhali) T. meneguzzoi (102287)
Rupelian - Chattian33.9 - 23.03Turkey (Denizli) T. conjunctoturris (111939) T. conjunctoturris, T. trochlearispina (110486) T. trochlearispina (110491)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Greece T. stroppus (74635)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France T. cinctus, T. tournoueri (74861)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Turkey T. margaritaceous (74807)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Potamides trochlearispina (72310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Palau T. berberkirianus (77930)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) T. merangianus (42289)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela T. sp. (79710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan T. cingulatus (96943 96944)