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Truncatellidae

Gastropoda - Truncatellidae

Taxonomy
Truncatellidae was named by Gray (1840) [m. kosnik taxon no: 5462].

It was assigned to Rissooidea by Beesley (1998) and Todd (2001); to Rissoidea by Bouchet et al. (2005); and to Truncatelloidea by Ponder and Warén (1988), Criscione and Ponder (2013) and Bouchet et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Truncatellidae Gray
1988Truncatellidae Ponder and Warén p. 298
1998Truncatellidae Beesley p. 758
2001Truncatellidae Todd
2005Truncatellidae Bouchet et al. p. 252
2013Truncatellidae Criscione and Ponder
2017Truncatellidae Bouchet et al. p. 345

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyTruncatellidaeGray 1840
familyTruncatellidaeGray 1840

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. †Truncatellidae Gray 1840
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G. †Nystia Tournouer 1869
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Invalid names: Forbesia Rolle 1859 [replaced], Nystia Tournouer 1869 [replaced], Nystia Tournouer 1869 [replaced]
G. †Truncatella Risso 1826
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Invalid names: Truncatella stimpsoni Stearns 1873 [synonym]
Truncatella jiaozhouensis Yu et al. 2021
Invalid names: Geomelaniinae Kobelt and Möllendorff 1897 [empty], Truncatellinae Gray 1840 [empty]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Comments: LIFE HISTORY: Grazer on fine-grained substrates according to Todd (2001).f
Created: 2009-09-10 07:55:38
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:55:38
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Maastrichtian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 70.60000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 66.0 Ma

Collections (31 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0China (Shandong) Truncatella jiaozhouensis (231169 231170 231172)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Belgium Nystia cylindrata (22931)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Centre) Truncatella hermitei, Nystia pontileviensis (178085)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Île-de-France) Truncatella parisiensis (178124)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) Nystia microstoma (178155)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Île-de-France) Nystia microstoma (179130)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Nystia microstoma (3494)
Early/Lower Oligocene33.9 - 28.4France (Essonne) Nystia duchasteli (9180 9181)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Belgium Nystia duchasteli (111366 111367 111368) Nystia glibertheinzelini, Nystia pseudoplicata (111373) Nystia pupiniformis, Nystia duchasteli (111371)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.03Germany (Rheinland Pfalz) Nystia duchasteli (37964 37967 37978 37980)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France Truncatella wattebledi (74861)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Greece (Rhodes) Truncatella subcylindrica (122994)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Italy Truncatella subcylindrica (78312)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Truncatella stimpsoni (96590)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Sonora) Truncatella californica (96565)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Truncatella californica (138723)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Truncatella scalaris (67966)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) Truncatella guadalupensis (89573 194425 194429)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117French Polynesia Truncatella scalariformis (194003)