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Fissurella

Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1789Fissurella Bruguière
1895Fissurella Stanton p. 63
1960Fissurella Knight et al. p. 230
1962Fissurella Weisbord p. 60
1972Fissurella Perrilliat p. 20
1999Fissurella Frassinetti and Covacevich p. 44
2001Fissurella Todd
2002Fissurella Sepkoski
2005Fissurella Bouchet et al. p. 77
2008Fissurella DeVries p. 130
2016Fissurella Landau et al. p. 10

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
orderLepetellidaMoskalev 1971
superfamilyFissurelloidea(Fleming 1822)
familyFissurellidaeFleming 1822
subfamilyFissurellinaeFleming 1822
genusFissurellaBruguière 1789

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. Fissurella Bruguière 1789
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Subg. †Fissurella (Balboaina) Perez-Farfante 1943
Subg. †Fissurella (Carcellesia) Perez-Farfante 1952
Subg. Fissurella (Clypidella) Swainson 1840
Subg. Fissurella (Cremides) Adams and Adams 1854
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Fissurella behri Dickerson 1914
Fissurella bipunctata Stanton 1895
Fissurella costaria Deshayes 1824
Fissurella cumingi Reeve 1849
Fissurella fluviamariana Petuch 1988
Fissurella gibba Philippi 1836
Fissurella labiata Lamarck 1802
Fissurella mus Reeve 1850
Fissurella nimbosa Linnaeus 1758
Fissurella perrini Arnold 1908
Fissurella rixfordi Hertlein 1928
Fissurella rosea Gmelin 1791
Fissurella scobinellata Cossmann 1883
Fissurella squamosa Deshayes 1824
Fissurella stantoni Powell and Geiger 2019
Fissurella volcano Reeve 1849
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Attached: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:42:04
Modified: 2011-09-03 16:46:01
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Holocene or 152.10000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 145.0 Ma

Collections (183 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian152.1 - 145.0USA (California) F. sp. (151974)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Austria F. sp. (65800)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0New Zealand F. sp. (83419 83423)
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Cameroon F. sp. (3816)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Greenland F. sp. (22943)
Danian - Thanetian66.0 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) F. sp. (52196 52197)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2Nigeria F. migeriensis (7791)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (California) F. behri (81800)
Selandian61.6 - 59.2USA (Alabama) F. mediavia (205452)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Louisiana) F. alabama (98915 105503)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Alabama) F. sp. A (80792)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France F. labiata (171525 171528 171533 184107 184822) F. labiata, F. costaria, F. squamosa (184815)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) F. sp. (205433)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) F. behri (52803 52817)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Russian Federation F. sp. (50151)
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1USA (Mississippi) F. mississippiensis (84137)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Chile F. sp. (78428)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) F. rixfordi (196138)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Jamaica F. sp. (111545)
Neogene23.03 - 2.58Chile (Copiapó) F. crassa (223453)
Burdigalian20.44 - 15.97Italy F. costicillatissima (178110)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82USA (California) F. stantoni (207108)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Peru F. geoglypha (89182)
Tortonian11.62 - 7.246Cyprus F. sp. (34690 71888)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333USA (Maryland) F. fluviamariana (92325)
Messinian7.246 - 5.333Malta F. sp. (131977)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Peru F. concolor, F. perisca (89174)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) F. longipora (41543) F. sp. (41544)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588South Africa F. incarnata (77527)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Ecuador F. macrotrema, F. virescens (96596)
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588Peru F. peruviana (80469)
Zanclean - Gelasian5.333 - 1.806USA (California) F. volcano (214271)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico F. mexicana (77713 77714)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela F. angusta (131237) F. nimbosa (131210) F. sp. (131218)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588South Africa (Western Cape) F. glarea (122393) F. robusta (118257 118317 118318 118319)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Peru F. aranea, F. limbata, F. perisca (80409) F. concolor (80541) F. maxima, F. concolor, F. limbata, F. crassa (80406) F. maxima, F. latimarginata (89173) F. peruviana, F. perisca (89175)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588USA (Florida) F. sp. (69044)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Jamaica F. arguta (58522)
Piacenzian3.6 - 2.588Chile F. spp. (142300)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781South Africa (Western Cape) F. glarea (118303)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (California) F. volcano (202495 202496 223033)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Venezuela (Sucre) F. rosea (41556)
Early/Lower Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) F. volcano (223075)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia F. robusta (122932)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Peru F. virescens (207005)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) F. volcano (186842 201624)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba F. barbadensis, F. nodosa (66769)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117South Africa F. mutabilis (122940) F. robusta (122933) F. robusta, F. mutabilis, F. natalensis (122945)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Haiti Fissuridea barbadensis (60880)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Chile (Copiapó) F. costata, F. sp., F. peruviana (222876) F. latimarginata (222837) F. peruviana (222841)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) F. volcano (96590 96592 96593)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Namibia (Karas) F. robusta (124047)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Chile (Huasco) F. costata (223291)
Pleistocene - Holocene2.588 - 0.0Yemen F. ruppellii (55373)
Quaternary2.58 - 0.0USA (California) F. volcano (37933 37934 37935 37936 37937 37938 37939 37940 37946)
Calabrian1.8 - 0.774Costa Rica (Limon) F. sp. (79844 79845)
Middle Pleistocene (interglacial)0.774 - 0.129Bahamas F. barbadensis (80676)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Argentina F. oriens, F. radiosa (71605)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda F. barbadensis (67947 67949 67950 67961 67966)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain F. nubecua (128324)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Morocco F. reticulata, F. nubecula (127581)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Angola F. nubecula (152644)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Peru F. cumingi (80427)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) F. volcano (138723 202492 202493 202494) Fissuridea volcano (222663 222664)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (California) F. volcano (222646)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117Morocco F. reticulata (127574 127579 127580 127636)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Chile (Tarapaca) F. sp., F. pulchra (96672)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas F. barbadensis (80680)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) F. volcano (89573 194399 194400 194405 194406 194407 194408 194409 194410 194415 194421 194425 194427 194428 194430 194546)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda F. barbadensis (67946 67963 67965)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru F. peruviana, F. latimarginata (76643)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California) F. volcano (96591)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain F. gibba (127359) F. mus (127358) F. nubecua (128327 128329)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117South Africa (Western Cape) F. mutabilis (110492)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Ecuador F. rugosa (96866)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Peru (Moquegua) F. cumingii, F. sp., F. latimarginata (43708) F. sp. (43710)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Morocco F. reticulata (127599 127615) F. reticulata, F. nubecula (127592 127593)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Argentina F. picta, F. radiosa (71607)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico F. volcano (52347 67641 226464 226467 226468)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Bahamas F. barbadensis (80677)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) F. sp. (96901) F. volcano (59063 96936 96937 160361 202936 203417 219029 219030) Fissuridea volcano (222659 222660 222661 222662)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) F. sp. (69034)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Mexico (Baja California Sur) F. sp. (89597)
Late/Upper Pleistocene (interglacial)0.129 - 0.0117Jamaica F. barbadensis (80407)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Argentina F. oriens (71675) F. picta (71676) F. sp. (71602 71603 162173)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Peru F. sp. (97644)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0USA (Florida) F. sp. (97608)