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Pilsbryspira

Gastropoda - Pseudomelaniidae

Taxonomy
Pilsbryspira was named by Bartsch (1950). It is extant.

It was assigned to Turridae by Todd (2001); and to Pseudomelaniidae by Bouchet et al. (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1950Pilsbryspira Bartsch
2001Pilsbryspira Todd
2011Pilsbryspira Bouchet et al. p. 293

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPseudomelanoideaFischer 1885
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusPilsbryspiraBartsch 1950

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. Pilsbryspira Bartsch 1950
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Subg. Pilsbryspira (Pilsbryspira) Bartsch 1950
Pilsbryspira flucki Brown and Pilsbry 1913
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 3.6 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (California) Crassispira montereyensis (97209 97230)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Drillia leucocyma (80304)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Drillia montereyensis (222663)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. leucocyma (96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Clavus montereyensis (59063) Crassispira montereyensis (160361)