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Pteropoda

Gastropoda - Heterostropha

Taxonomy
Pteropoda was named by Cuvier (1804).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Harris and Palmer (1947) and Burns et al. (2005); and to Euopisthobranchia by Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1804Pteropoda Cuvier p. 235
1947Pteropoda Harris and Palmer p. 462
2005Pteropoda Burns et al. p. 221 figs. Table 1
2017Pteropoda Bouchet et al. p. 357

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
EuopisthobranchiaJörger et al. 2010
orderPteropodaCuvier 1804
orderPteropodaCuvier 1804

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.

Or. †Pteropoda Cuvier 1804
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Fm. Spiratellidae Dall 1921
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G. †Spiratella Blainville 1817
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Subor. †Gymnosomata Blainville 1824
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Invalid names: Clionidae Rafinesque 1815 [empty], Cliopsidae Costa 1873 [empty], Notobranchaeidae Pelseneer 1886 [empty], Pneumodermatidae Latreille 1825 [empty]
Invalid names: Pseudothecosomata Meisenheimer 1905 [empty]
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 Middle Frasnian to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 382.40000 to 0.78100 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 379.5 Ma

Collections (25 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Frasnian382.4 - 379.5France (Alsace) Clionidae sp. (65766)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Argentina Clionidae indet. (61589)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Australia (Victoria) Spiratella advenulata (6266 6267)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Spiratella mercinensis (8025) Spiratella taylori (3260) Spiratella taylori, Spiratella mercinensis (76601)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8New Zealand Spiratella limata, Spiratella sp. B (51082)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Spiratella pseudopygmaea (183829)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Baja California Sur) Clionidae indet. (5496 5497 5507)
Ypresian - Lutetian56.0 - 41.3USA (Alabama) Spiratella augustana (98299)
Waipawan55.8 - 53.0New Zealand (Chatham Islands) Spiratella sp. B, Spiratella sp. C (51085)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Netherlands Spiratella umbilicata (87249)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Spiratella microstralis (74861)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Azerbaijan Spiratella sp. (116631 116636)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru Clionidae indet. (176144 176158)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) Pteropoda indet. (111204 136943)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Clionidae indet. (146291 146292 146293)