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Gasconadia

Gastropoda - Sinuopeidae

Taxonomy
Gasconadia was named by Weller and St. Clair (1928) [Courtesy of E.O. Ulrich. Sepkoski's age data: Cm Trep-u O Trem-l]. It is not extant. Its type is Murchisonia putilla.

It was assigned to Murchisoniidae by Knight et al. (1960); to Sinuopeidae by Wagner (1999); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1928Gasconadia Weller and St. Clair p. 196
1960Gasconadia Knight et al. p. 291
1999Gasconadia Wagner p. 70
2002Gasconadia Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
familySinuopeidae
genusGasconadia

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. †Gasconadia Weller and St. Clair 1928
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Gasconadia floridensis Cleland 1900
Gasconadia mohawkensis Cleland 1900
Gasconadia putilla Sardeson 1896
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 19:15:22
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:15:22
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tremadoc to the top of the Demingian or 486.50000 to 478.60000 Ma

Collections (19 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Trempealeauan492.5 - 485.4USA (Missouri) G. putilla (98340)
Tremadoc486.5 - 477.7USA (Virginia) G. sp., G. putilla (6971)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (Tennessee) G. putilla (154344)
Demingian485.4 - 478.6USA (Virginia) G. putilla (56651)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Texas) G. putilla (56498 56500) G. sp. (271)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (Missouri) G. putilla (157091 157150)
Gasconadian485.4 - 477.7USA (New York) G. sp. (273) Murchisonia mohawkensis, Pleurotomaria floridensis (119377)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Minnesota) G. putilla (189325)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (New York) Lophospira mohawkensis (189334)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Virginia) G. putilla (78881)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Missouri) G. putilla (154358 189340)
Tremadocian485.4 - 477.7USA (Wisconsin) G. putilla (189290 192264)
Canadian485.4 - 457.3USA (Maryland) G. sp. (274)