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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245214	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245214
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8493	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8493

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pseudophoridae : Pseudophorus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Pseudophoridae : Pseudophorus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Euomphaloidea
family	Pseudophoridae	Miller 1889
genus	Pseudophorus	Meek 1873

Scientific Name

Pseudophorus Meek, 1873

Name Published In

Rep. Geol. Surv. Ohio, 1 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pseudophorus	genus	belongs to Pseudophoridae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Pseudophorus	genus	belongs to Euomphalina	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Pseudophorus	genus	belongs to Pseudophoridae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

450 - 446 Ma
Late/Upper Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene

Motility

stationary (based on Euomphaloidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Euomphaloidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. B. Meek. 1873. Descriptions of the invertebrate fossils of the Silurian and Devonian systems. Geological Survey of Ohio 1(2):1-243

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Clisospira excavata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Euomphalopterus bicarinatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Flemingella nysti ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	336 Ma Carboniferous	336 Ma Carboniferous
Flemingella prisca ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	336 Ma Carboniferous
Flemingia balatonica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	237 Ma Middle Triassic	237 Ma Middle Triassic
Flemingia gigas ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Flemingia nysti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Flemingia peracuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Flemingia tepeeformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Pleurotomaria limbatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pseudophorus tectiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trochella prisca species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trochita antiquus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Trochita carbonaria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trochus cavus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Trochus profundus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	433 Ma Silurian
Trochus stuxbergi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	433 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1873	Pseudophorus Meek
1881	Flemingia de Koninck
1936	Flemingella Knight
1960	Pseudophorus Knight et al. p. 298
2002	Pseudophorus Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Pseudophorus Bouchet et al. p. 144

References

Meek F. B. Descriptions of the invertebrate fossils of the Silurian and Devonian systems, Geological Survey of Ohio 1 2, 1-243

Knight J. B. (1936) Notes on Paleozoic Gastropoda, Journal of Paleontology 10 6, 520-534

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Rep. Geol. Surv. Ohio, 1 (2) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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