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Petaloconchus

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Petaloconchus was named by Lea (1843) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei Sepkoski's reference number: 1260].

It was reranked as Vermetus (Petaloconchus) by Dall (1892).

It was assigned to Vermetus by Dall (1892); to Gastropoda by Mansfield (1925); to Vermetidae by Gardner (1947), Woodring (1959), Ladd (1972), Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska (1984), Wilson (1993) and Todd (2001); to Vermetoidea by Harzhauser (2002); to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Vermetinae by Landau and Marques da Silva (2010).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Petaloconchus Lea p. 162
1892Vermetus (Petaloconchus) Dall p. 305
1925Petaloconchus Mansfield p. 51
1947Petaloconchus Gardner p. 585
1959Petaloconchus Woodring p. 161
1972Petaloconchus Ladd p. 20
1984Petaloconchus Gazdzicki and Pugaczewska p. 107
1993Petaloconchus Wilson p. 171
2001Petaloconchus Todd
2002Petaloconchus Harzhauser p. 79
2002Petaloconchus Sepkoski
2010Petaloconchus Landau and Marques da Silva p. 33

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyVermetoideaRafinesque 1815
familyVermetidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVermetinaeRafinesque 1815
genusPetaloconchusLea 1843

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. †Petaloconchus Lea 1843
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Petaloconchus compactus Carpenter 1864
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Invalid names: Petaloconchus montereyensis Dall 1919 [synonym]
Petaloconchus domingensis Sowerby 1849
Petaloconchus floridanus Olsson and Harbison 1953
Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818
Petaloconchus mcgintyi Olsson and Harbison 1953
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:50:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:04:10
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Holocene or 47.80000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 41.3 Ma

Collections (263 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre) Vermetus intortus (178085)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) P. transcostatus (164232)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Vermetus intortus (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Colombia P. sculpturatus (131222)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Para) P. macrophagma (65162) Vermetus subvarians (60979)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Brazil (Maranhao) P. macrophragma (112597)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Austria P. intortus (77624)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) P. sculpturatus (61019)
Miocene23.03 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. sp. (74913)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Austria P. intortus (77402)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97USA (Florida) P. sculpturatus (42222 42250 42482 42605 42642 42657 42663 42678)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) P. sculpturatus (136881 136882 156493 156727 156748 156797 160770 160816)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany P. glomeratus (111599)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Dominican Republic P. sp. (74959)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Colombia (La Guajira) P. sculpturatus (156524 157830 157858 160968 161056)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Ecuador (Manabi) P. sculpturatus (60754)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Poland P. intortus (70539)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Colombia (Atlantico) P. domingensis (60680 60683 60684)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Austria (Vienna) P. intortus (174160)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Grenada P. sp. (58674)
Langhian - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Venezuela (Falcon) P. sculpturatus (135498 135502)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62USA (Florida) P. sculpturatus (42870) P. sp. (111204 136943)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Austria P. intortus (74649 74650 74651 74653 74656)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Poland (Holy Cross Mountains) P. intortus (38823)
Badenian13.65 - 12.7Slovakia P. intortus (73137 73139)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Darien) P. sculpturatus (136993) P. sp. (136007 136104)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Dominican Republic P. domingensis (131371) P. floridanus (131379 131466) P. floridanus, P. domingensis, P. laddfranklinae (131382) P. sp. (74935)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Venezuela P. sculpturatus (96470 130981 131304)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama P. floridanus (93224) P. sculpturatus (93145 93147 93160 134661) P. sp. (61342 82119 136016 136118) P. sp., P. sculpturatus (145523)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Greece P. intortus (72310)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Panama (Colon) P. floridanus (145254 145278 145339 145340) P. sp. (79790 79985 79995 79996)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Argentina (Chubut) P. sp. (42147)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia P. sculpturatus (88296) P. sculpturatus, P. laddfranklinae (131220) Vermetus sculpturatus (97682)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. sp. (74915)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Venezuela (Falcon) P. sculpturatus (61027 135500)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago P. alcimus (74955 81976) P. sculpturatus (60408 60637)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Ecuador (Esmeraldas) P. sculpturatus (60640)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Atlántico) P. sculpturatus (88312)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Colombia (Bolívar) P. sculpturatus (88316)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (61347)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Panama (Colon) P. sp. (79855)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Dominican Republic P. domingensis (84974 84986 93652 93654 131561 131566 131567 131568 131569 131571 131663 131664 131676 131677) P. domingensis, P. laddfranklinae (84956 93606 94099 131497 131563 131645 131656) P. floridanus (93996 94000) P. floridanus, P. domingensis (84984) P. floridanus, P. domingensis, P. laddfranklinae (93601 93687 93710 93712 131658) P. laddfranklinae (75041 90619 93716 93732 94006 94106 131522 131560 131655 131659 131662)
Messinian - Zanclean7.246 - 3.6Dominican Republic P. laddfranklinae (74966 74967 75036 75037 75038 75040 75043) P. sp. (74911)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela P. sculpturatus (96486)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic P. floridanus (84977) P. laddfranklinae (58822)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Costa Rica P. sculpturatus (134655)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Colombia Vermetus sculpturatus (97684 133231)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Trinidad and Tobago P. floridanus (60414 60416 60417)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (135839)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6USA (South Carolina) P. sculpturatus (60940)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Dominican Republic P. domingensis (93714 93733 93737 93997 94003) P. domingensis, P. laddfranklinae (94090) P. laddfranklinae (80084 80136) P. sp. (74965)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy P. intortus (71156)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (135832)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (79777)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Greece P. intortus (72318)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Costa Rica P. sculpturatus (134680)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Italy Vermetus intortus (72303)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Antarctica P. intortus (41579 41580 41581)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. floridanus (146872)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) P. compactus (214257)
Pliocene - Pleistocene5.333 - 0.0117USA (Florida) P. sculpturatus (41749)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela P. sculpturatus (79710 111010 111011)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Virginia) P. graniferus (80038) P. virginica (80036)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Colombia P. sculpturatus (97677) Vermetus sculpturatus (97688)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588United Kingdom (England) Vermetus intortus (84764 84819)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) P. sculpturatus (134768)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) P. graniferus (69044) P. sculpturatus (59484 59487 59491 80037 123549) P. sculpturatus, P. graniferus (80044)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica P. sp. (58522 69093)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas del Toro) P. sp. (61339)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Costa Rica (Limon) P. sp. (79799)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Belgium P. glomeratus (179079)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama P. sculpturatus (134663)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Dominican Republic P. floridanus, P. laddfranklinae (93612)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Parma) P. intortus (178923)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Greece P. intortus (72414)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Italy (Emilia-Romagna) P. glomeratus (178117)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Panama (Bocas) P. sp. (61341 79774)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy P. intortus (178457 178779)
Gelasian2.588 - 1.806Italy (Parma) P. intortus (178884 178916 178918 178920 178921)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Panama Vermetus nigricans (80304)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (North Carolina) P. graniferus (80033) P. virginica (80035)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) P. montereyensis (202496)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Lemintina mcgintyi (79338) P. floridanus (41498 41501 79331)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) P. annelum (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) P. complicatus (201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (South Carolina) P. graniferus (80053 80083)
Quaternary2.588 - 0.0USA (California) P. anellum (37935 37945) P. anellum, P. complicatus (37933 37940 37943 37947 37948) P. complicatus (37937 37939 37944)
Calabrian1.806 - 0.781Costa Rica (Limon) P. sp. (79835 79842 79845)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Italy P. sp. (173352)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126USA (California) P. anellum (223329) P. annellum (223525) P. montereyensis (202493) P. montereyensis, P. macrophragma (202494) P. sp. (203114) Vermetus annelum (203095)
Middle Pleistocene0.781 - 0.126Spain P. subcancellatus (128384) Vermetus intortus (128324)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) P. sp. (88605)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Jamaica P. erectus, P. mcgintyi (80407)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.126 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) P. montereyensis (194421) P. sp. (194407 194428) P. sp., P. montereyensis (89573)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.126 - 0.0117USA (California) Bivonia compacta, P. complicatus (160361) P. montereyensis (202490 202491)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Nunavut) Vermetus nigricans (66509)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) P. erectus (97609)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Vermetus nigricans (66500 66501)