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Maclurites

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Macluritidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1818Maclurites Le Sueur
1842Maclurea Emmons
1882Coelocentrus von Zittel
1888Straparollus (Maclurea) Johnston p. 5
1897Maclurea Ulrich and Scofield
1917Polyenaulus Etheridge
1960Maclurites Knight et al. p. 189
1964Paramaclurites Vostokova
1984Maclurites Linsley and Kier
2002Coelocentrus Sepkoski
2002Maclurites Sepkoski
2005Maclurites Bouchet et al. pp. 103, 242

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyMacluritoidea
familyMacluritidae()
genusMaclurites

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. †Maclurites Le Sueur 1818
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Maclurea carinata Walcott 1884
Maclurea crassa macra Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Maclurea exsul Koken 1897
Maclurea kotoi Kobayashi 1930
Maclurea matutina Hall 1847
Maclurea neritioides d'Eichwald 1860
Maclurea planorbis Koken 1897
Maclurea subannulata Walcott 1884
Maclurites altus Wilson 1931
Maclurites atlanticus Billings 1859
Maclurites borealis Wilson 1938
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Invalid names: Maclurites septentrionalis Wilson 1931 [replaced]
Maclurites christianiae Koken and Perner 1925
Maclurites crassa Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Maclurites cuneata Whitfield 1878
Maclurites depressus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Maclurites expansa Koken and Perner 1925
Maclurites florentinensis Banks and Johnson 1957
Maclurites gravis Vostokova 1964
Maclurites knoxvillensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Maclurites magnus Le Sueur 1818
Maclurites neritoides d'Eichwald 1860
Maclurites nitidus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Maclurites niuhsintaiensis Kobayashi 1930
Maclurites oceana Billings 1865
Maclurites ovalis Vostokova 1964
Maclurites profunda Butts 1926
Maclurites romainensis Twenhofel 1938
Maclurites salteri Longstaff 1924
Maclurites septentrionalis Koken and Perner 1925
Maclurites subrotunda Whitfield 1878
Maclurites sylpha Billings 1865
Maclurites triangularis Teichert 1937
Maclurites ungava Wilson 1938
Invalid names: Coelocentrus von Zittel 1882 [objective synonym], Paramaclurites Vostokova 1964 [synonym], Polyenaulus Etheridge 1917 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height17.40

Composition: aragoniteg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
Created: 2004-08-14 11:12:02
Modified: 2009-06-05 21:19:40
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Wagner 2023, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Arenigian to the top of the Alaunian or 478.60000 to 212.00000 Ma

Collections (287 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ibexian487.5 - 470.0USA (Nevada) M. sp. (104363 104364)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7China (HeBei) M. sp. (7958 7964 7969)
Early/Lower Ordovician485.4 - 470.0Svalbard and Jan Mayen Maclurea spp. (212587 212589 212591 212594 212595 212596 212597 212598)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Maclurea oceana, Teiichispira sylpha (100029)
Jeffersonian485.4 - 470.0Canada (Newfoundland) M. sp. (195785)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8USA (California) M. sp. (299)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8Russian Federation M. sp. (100360)
Ordovician485.4 - 443.8Canada (Nunavut) M. sp. (109054)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Greenland M. sp. (122083)
Cassinian482.3 - 470.0Canada (Quebec) M. romainensis (56519)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (XinJiang) M. sp. (20784 20790)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7China (GanSu) M. sp. (8564)
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8Greenland (Washington Land) M. crassus (24162)
Cautleyan - Hirnantian449.2 - 443.4China (GanSu) M. sp. (8569)
Porkuni445.6 - 443.7Norway (Oslo) Omphalocirrus christianiae (157129)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Qinghai) Coelocentrus horridus (101044)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Yunnan) Coelocentrus sp. (165315)
Late/Upper Triassic237.0 - 201.4USA (Alaska) Coelocentrus sp. (112287 112288)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Coelocentrus pentagonalis (144632) Coelocentrus sp. (69657) Coelocentrus tubifer (144633) Pleurotomaria pentagonalis (145649)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Peru Coelocentrus sp. (144486)