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Batillaria

Gastropoda - Batillariidae

Taxonomy
Batillaria was named by Benson (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: T Dani R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant. It is the type genus of Batillariinae.

It was assigned to Batillariinae by Thiele (1929) and MacNeil (1960); to Cerithiidae by Addicott (1970); to Potamididae by Ladd (1972), Shuto (1978) and Beu et al. (1990); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Batillariidae by Todd (2001) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonyms
  • Lampania was named by Gray (1847). It is extant.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Batillaria by Shuto (1978).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Batillaria Benson
1847Lampania Gray
1929Batillaria Thiele p. 207
1960Batillaria MacNeil p. 39
1970Batillaria Addicott p. 53
1972Batillaria Ladd p. 27
1978Batillaria Shuto p. 124
1990Batillaria Beu et al. p. 406
2001Batillaria Todd
2002Batillaria Sepkoski
2005Batillaria Bouchet et al. pp. 35, 248

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyCerithioidea(Férussac 1819)
familyBatillariidae(Thiele 1929)
genusBatillariaBenson 1842

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. Batillaria Benson 1842
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†Batillaria coronata Cox 1930
†Batillaria diacanthina Cossmann 1899
†Batillaria mekranica Vredenburg 1928
Batillaria minima Gmelin 1791
†Batillaria ocoyana Anderson and Martin 1914
†Batillaria pomahakensis Harris 1897
Invalid names: Lampania Gray 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesubf
Life habit: epifaunalsubf
Diet: grazersubf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:10:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:11:32
Source: subf = subfamily, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Late/Upper Paleocene to the top of the Holocene or 58.70000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (67 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Selandian - Thanetian61.6 - 56.0Pakistan (North-West Frontier) B. coronata (52132)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0Poland B. carpatica, B. goniophora, B. inopinata (27018) B. echinoides, B. goniophora, B. inopinata (27019) B. goniophora, B. inopinata (27020)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Turkey (Central Anatolia) B. diacanthina (99342)
Thanetian - Ypresian59.2 - 47.8Turkey B. fischeri (99608)
Late/Upper Paleocene58.7 - 55.8Mexico (Baja California) B. sp. (220401)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Pakistan B. brohica (144978)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8France (Occitanie) B. sp. (186973)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8Spain B. isabenensis (75404 75405)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France B. calcitrapoides (171526)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) B. baylei, B. echinoides (8124) B. calcitrapoides (8047)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) B. pleurotomoides, B. calcitrapoides, B. bonei, B. clandestina (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Picardie) B. bouei (178082)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France B. echinoides (78567)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) B. calcitrapoides (42636)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9USA (Florida) B. advena (41453 61109 92391)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Bulgaria (Khaskovo) B. sp. (170995)
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9United Kingdom (England) B. concava (40029) B. pleurotomoides (42649)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France B. pupaeformis (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Japan B. sp. (70323 70333) B. takeharai (70867 70871 70873 70876 70878)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97USA (California) B. sp. (196138)
Langhian15.97 - 13.82Japan (Hokkaido) B. sp. (77921)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Japan B. toshioi (70306) B. toshioi, B. sp. (77742)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia B. herklotsi, Cerithium noetlingi, B. tjilonganense (63040) Cerithium noetlingi (70081)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) Cerithium noetlingi (42289)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Trinidad and Tobago B. sp. (60407)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia B. herklotsi (70077) Cerithium noetlingi (70078)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Pakistan B. mekranica (77133)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Japan B. sp. (97033) B. zonalis (96673 96674 96675)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Japan (Fukushima) B. mutliformis (62295)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan B. zonalis (62301)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Japan (Okinawa) B. zonais (42349)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Australia (South Australia) B. estuarina (63380)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Cuba Cerithium minimum (66775)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117Japan B. multiformis (96946 96947) B. zonalis, B. multiformis (96968 97028)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Japan B. multiformis (96945 97961) B. zonalis (96944) B. zonalis, B. multiformis (96943)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) B. minima (79739 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Australia (Yorke Peninsula) B. diemenensis (193423)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan B. multiformis (51310)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Japan (Akita) B. multiformis (56380)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0Australia (Western Australia) B. estuarina (63358 63359)