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Aporrhais

Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1778Aporrhais da Costa
1895Aporrhais Stanton p. 72
2001Aporrhais Wienrich p. 417
2002Aporrhais Harzhauser p. 84
2002Aporrhais Sepkoski
2009Aporrhais Kollmann p. 51

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyAporrhaidaeGray 1850
subfamilyAporrhainaeGray 1850
genusAporrhaisda Costa 1778

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. Aporrhais da Costa 1778
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Subg. Aporrhais (Aporrhais) da Costa 1778
Aporrhais biangulata Meek and Hayden 1856
Aporrhais clarendonensis Wrigley 1938
Aporrhais dingdenensis Marquet 2002
Aporrhais drachuki Saul 1998
Aporrhais dutrugei Coquand 1862
Aporrhais gracilis Koenen 1885
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Invalid names: Aporrhais labradorensis Johnson 1930 [synonym], Aporrhais mainensis Johnson 1926 [synonym]
Aporrhais pespelecani Linnaeus 1758
Aporrhais pugens Wollemann 1908
Aporrhais rapax Böhm 1891
Aporrhais semilaevis von Koenen 1898
Aporrhais sowerbii Fleming 1828
Aporrhais speciosa Schlotheim 1820
Aporrhais uttingeriana Risso 1826
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 05:55:58
Modified: 2009-10-09 22:54:17
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Holocene or 170.30000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 168.3 Ma

Collections (303 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Saudi Arabia A. sp. (45265 48015 48082)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Saudi Arabia A. sp. (48141)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Ethiopia A. sp. (93481)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Somalia A. haudnervatus (92997 92998)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Saudi Arabia A. sp. (45549 47857 47858 47885 47915)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia A. haudnervatus (93017)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Saudi Arabia A. sp. (34544)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Saudi Arabia A. sp. (45562 45759 45818 45992)
Kimmeridgian157.3 - 152.1Portugal A. elegans (7406 67958) A. musca (67941)
Early/Lower Kimmeridgian155.7 - 150.8Portugal A. elegans (67942) A. musca (67909)
Early/Lower Valanginian140.2 - 136.4Switzerland A. valangiensis, A. robinaldina, A. etalloni, A. dupiniana, A. sanctae-crucis (2225)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9France A. dupiniana, A. jaccardi, A. etalloni (2222) A. valangiensis (2218)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Switzerland A. dupini (2247) A. dupiniana (2215) A. jaccardi (2221) A. sp. (2243) A. valangiensis, A. jaccardi (2240)
Late/Upper Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Chile (Copiapó) A. sp. (223027)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4France A. couloni (2203)
Hauterivian132.9 - 129.4Switzerland A. couloni, A. dupiniana, A. acuta, A. pictetiana, A. columbellina (2198)
Barremian129.4 - 125.0Germany A. acuta (67179)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Trinidad and Tobago A. sp. (1868)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Spain (Valenciana) A. sp. (45154)
Early/Lower Aptian121.4 - 122.46Switzerland A. forbesi (2232) A. forbesi, A. rouxii, A. triboleti (2175)