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Diloma (Paroxystele)

Gastropoda - Trochidae

Taxonomy
Paroxystele was named by Schultz (1970) [DISTRIBUTION: Miocene.]. Its type is Trochus patulus.

It was reranked as Diloma (Paroxystele) by Mandic and Steininger (2003).

It was assigned to Umboniinae by Lozouet et al. (2001) and Harzhauser (2002); and to Diloma by Mandic and Steininger (2003).

Subtaxa
Paroxystele amedei, Paroxystele patulus
Species lacking formal opinion data
Diloma miocenica

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1970Paroxystele Schultz
2001Paroxystele Lozouet et al. p. 18
2002Paroxystele Harzhauser p. 70
2003Diloma (Paroxystele) Mandic and Steininger p. 270

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTrochoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTrochidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyTrochinaeRafinesque 1815
genusDilomaPhilippi 1845
subgenusParoxystele(Schultz 1970)

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.

Subg. †Diloma (Paroxystele) Schultz 1970
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†Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823
†Paroxystele patulus Brocchi 1814
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 08:47:02
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:47:02
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Aquitanian to the top of the Middle Miocene or 23.03000 to 11.60800 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Paroxystele burdigalensis (70242) Paroxystele sp. (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria Paroxystele amedei (77629)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy Paroxystele amedei (178110 178111) Paroxystele rotellaris, Paroxystele amedei (178108)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria Diloma amedei (65161 77402 77403 77404 77405 77406 77407 77408)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Paroxystele amedei (164944 164945)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Bordeaux) Paroxystele burdigalensis (48660)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Italy Paroxystele amedei (178112 178114 178116)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Vienna) Paroxystele orientalis (174159)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Hungary Diloma convexodepressa (34739)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia Diloma orientale (73137 73138)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus Trochus patulus (34690 71893)