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Pachychilidae

Gastropoda - Pachychilidae

Taxonomy
Pachychilidae was named by Troschel (1857) [m. kosnik taxon no: 9964]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Cerithioidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Pacaud and Le Renard (1995), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1857Pachychilidae Troschel
1988Pachychilidae Ponder and Warén p. 294
1995Pachychilidae Pacaud and Le Renard p. 156
2005Pachychilidae Bouchet et al. p. 249
2017Pachychilidae Bouchet et al. p. 342

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857
familyPachychilidaeTroschel 1857

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.

Fm. Pachychilidae Troschel 1857
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G. †Charadreon Woodring 1973
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†Charadreon eucosmius Pilsbry and Olsson 1935
†Charadreon glabrum Wesselingh 2006
†Charadreon intermedius Wesselingh 2006
†Charadreon leptus Woodring 1973
G. †Eginea Pacaud and Harzhauser 2012
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†Eginea almerae Vidal 1898
†Eginea ornata Deshayes 1862
G. †Faunus Montfort 1810
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Subg. †Faunus (Pseudofaunus) Olsson 1931
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†Pseudofaunus bravoensis Olsson 1931
†Faunus beyenburgi Riedel 1933
†Faunus lagunitensis Woods 1922
†Faunus nipponicus Nagao 1928
†Faunus paytensis Woods 1922
Invalid names: Ebena Schumacher 1817 [synonym], Melanamona Bowdich 1822 [synonym], Pirena [synonym]
G. †Jponsia Pacaud and Harzhauser 2012
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†Jponsia cuvieri Deshayes 1825
†Jponsia geslini Deshayes 1833
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Invalid names: Jponsia pyramidatus Deshayes 1833 [synonym]
†Jponsia vulcanica Schlotheim 1820
G. Melanatria Bowdich 1822
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†Melanatria acanthica Woods 1922
†Melanatria beldingi Etayo-Serna 1979
†Melanatria bosniaca Oppenheim 1908
†Melanatria dimorphica Woods 1922
†Melanatria escheri Brongniart 1822
†Melanatria propinqua Woods 1922
†Melanatria venusta Woods 1922
†Melanatria ypresiana Vega and Perilliat 1992
G. †Moniquia Pacaud and Harzhauser 2012
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†Moniquia pyreniformis Deshayes 1833
†Moniquia suzanna d'Orbigny 1850
G. †Paludomus Swainson 1910
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†Paludomus gracilis Krause 1897
G. Tinnyea Hantken 1887
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†Tinnyea aquitanica Noulet 1846
†Tinnyea lauraea Matheron 1843
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Invalid names: Brotia (Tinnyea) escheri Papp 1953 [synonym], Melanatria escheri turrita Berz and Jooss 1927 [synonym]
Invalid names: Anaplocamidae Dall 1921 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:14:09
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:14:09
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Coniacian to the top of the Pliocene or 89.80000 to 2.58800 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 86.3 Ma

Collections (138 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3Cameroon Faunus beyenburgi (177976)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1USA (North Carolina) Melanatria sp. (7610)
Late/Upper Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Tennessee) Melanatria cretacea (88357)
Middle Campanian83.5 - 70.6USA (Texas) Melanatria venusta (7467 7470)
Late/Upper Campanian - Early/Lower Maastrichtian83.5 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) Melanatria cretacea (7515)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Mexico (Guerrero) Pyrazus pyramidatus (7461)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Spain (Cataluña) Melanatria sp. (159019)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0France (Haute-Garonne) Melanatria stillans (48865)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Colombia (Guajira) Melanatria beldingi (99141)
Early/Lower Paleocene - Middle Paleocene66.0 - 58.7United Kingdom (England) Paludomus triticea (8085)
Paleogene66.0 - 23.03Japan Faunus kahoensis (205250)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Colombia Melanatria beldingi (180400)
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) Pirena torta (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland Melanatria archiaci (27018 27019) Melanatria archiaci, Melanatria bosniaca (27020)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0France Brotia praecessa (178086)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Iraq Faunus dominicii (151895)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Turkey Pyrazus pyramidatus (99608)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Pakistan (Baluchistan) Faunus delphinus (101939) Faunus sp. (101938 101940)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico Melanatria sp. (144400)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Picardie) Melanatria pyreniformis (178778)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Aisne) Melanatria suzanna (177669)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan Pirena delphinus (145131 145132 145133)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France Moniquia pyreniformis (171521)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Mexico (Nuevo Leon) Melanatria sp., Melanatria ypresiana (144399)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Turkey Faunus dominicii (151896) Faunus sp., Pyrazus pyramidatus (99607)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8United Kingdom (England) Melanatria inquinata, Paludomus sincenyensis (38868)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain Eginea almerae (184204 184206) Faunus castigalei (75358 75359 75370 75372 75373 75374 75375 75377 75380 75381 75382 75384 75385 75386 75387 75388 75389 75395 75396 75401 75407 75409 75410 75411 75412 75413 75414) Jponsia vulcanica (184297)
Eocene56.0 - 33.9Peru Faunus paytensis (93758 93763)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre) Melania aquitanica (178085)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Japan Faunus nipponicus (37601)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Brotia escheri (65072)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Indonesia (Central Java) Faunus boettgeri (179074) Melanatria cossmanni (179075)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Italy (Veneto) Melanatria vulcanica, Faunus auriculatus (178203)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) Melanatria markleyensis (210286 210287)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Bosnia and Herzegovina Melanatria bosniaca (179747)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Colombia (Bolivar) Faunus chiraensis (3311)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71USA (California) Thiara markleyensis (191188)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Japan Faunus miikensis (70968 71019 71021) Faunus nipponicus (71015) Faunus sp. (70962 71016) Melanatria kahoensis (41584 41585)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Panama (Colon) Faunus xenicus, Charadreon leptus (49497)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Peru Charadreon sp. (176131)
Middle Eocene47.8 - 37.71Indonesia Faunus boettgeri, Faunus cossmanni (70082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Faunus clavosus (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France Faunus clavosus (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Peru (Piura) Faunus lagunitensis (52525)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain Moniquia sp. (141924)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Faunus rigidus (42641) Pirena vulcanica (42639) Pirena vulcanica, Faunus rigidus (42636)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Faunus clavosus (3494)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Peru (Piura) Faunus chiraensis (55431) Pseudofaunus bravoensis (64544)
Priabonian - Rupelian38.0 - 28.1Peru (Loreto) Pachychilidae indet. (144474)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia (Sucre) Faunus chiraensis (42839)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Panama Faunus zenicus (82153)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Japan Faunus nipponicus (203227)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Colombia Melanatria acanthica (42789) Melanatria sp. A (42790) Pseudofaunus sp. (42787)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Indonesia Paludomus crassa, Paludomus gracilis (78563) Paludomus gracilis (78564)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru Pachychilidae indet. 1, Pachychilidae indet. 2 (199559)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4Peru (Piura) Pseudofaunus bravoensis (55433)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Romania Faunus sp. (101971 102021 102029)
Chattian28.1 - 23.03Hungary Brotia escheri (8211)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Germany Brotia escheri (70338)
Early/Lower Miocene - Middle Miocene23.03 - 11.608Peru Charadreon eucosmius (143015 143047)
Colhuehuapian21.0 - 17.5Peru Pachychilidae indet. (176149)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Colombia (La Guajira) Charadreon sp. (157342 157343 158046)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Germany Tinnyea lauraea (182594 182595 182597 182598 182599)
Orleanian20.0 - 15.97Germany (Baden-Wurttemberg) Brotia escheri (106002)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82China (Fujian) Tinnyea sp. (220273)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Germany Tinnyea lauraea (231119)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany (Bavaria) Tinnyea lauraea (205187)
MN 515.97 - 13.65Germany Tinnyea lauraea (231118)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Colombia Charadreon glabrum (142967 143022)
Middle Miocene - Tortonian15.97 - 7.246Peru Charadreon eucosmius (176134) Charadreon intermedius (142956)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Borneo) Paludomus conicus (42310)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Faunus odengensis, Faunus palabuanensis (70077)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Fiji Melanatria vitiensis (78060)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Indonesia Faunus sp. 1 (70105)