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Pleuroploca

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae

Taxonomy
Pleuroploca was named by Fischer (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo R Sepkoski's reference number: 614]. It is extant. Its type is Murex trapezium.

It was reranked as Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) by Vredenburg (1925).

It was assigned to Fasciolaria by Vredenburg (1925); to Fasciolariidae by Todd (2001); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Fasciolariinae by Wilson (1994), Snyder (2003) and Snyder et al. (2012).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Pleuroploca Fischer
1925Fasciolaria (Pleuroploca) Vredenburg p. 163
1994Pleuroploca Wilson p. 74
2001Pleuroploca Todd
2002Pleuroploca Sepkoski
2003Pleuroploca Snyder p. 19
2012Pleuroploca Snyder et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
RankNameAuthor
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyFasciolariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyFasciolariinaeGray 1853
genusPleuroplocaFischer 1884

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. Pleuroploca Fischer 1884
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†Pleuroploca cristata Tate 1888
†Pleuroploca filamentosa Röding 1798
†Pleuroploca gorgasiana Brown and Pilsbry 1913
†Pleuroploca macdonaldi Olsson 1922
†Pleuroploca olssoni Anderson 1929
†Pleuroploca rugata Tate 1888
Pleuroploca trapezium Linnaeus 1758
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:21:16
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:21:16
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Selandian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 61.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 59.2 Ma

Collections (34 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Texas) P. plummeri (178129)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) P. plummeri (205455)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France P. michelotiana (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) P. sp. (196138)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97France (Bordeaux) P. tarbelliana (48660)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) Fasciolaria gorgasiana (136885)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Australia (Victoria) Fasciolaria cristata, Fasciolaria cryptoploca, Fasciolaria rugata (72210)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Greece Fasciolaria fimbriata (72305)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) Fasciolaria gorgasiana (145250 145254)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece Fasciolaria fimbriata (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama Fasciolaria gorgasiana (93054 93145 93160 93162 93176 93177 134661)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia Fasciolaria olssoni (88297) P. olssoni (131219)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) Fasciolaria sp. (79855)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Ecuador P. sp. (131293)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Fasciolaria olssoni (88298)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Fasciolaria crassinoda (41543) Fasciolaria sp. (41550)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela P. gorgasiana (96486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago Fasciolaria turamensis (60415)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica Fasciolaria gorgasiana (134678)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela P. crassinoda (131210)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. lindae (79958)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama Fasciolaria gorgasiana (134663)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774South Africa P. trapezium (173265)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Saudi Arabia P. trapezium (192720)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Kenya P. trapezium (81099)