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Pyrgulifera ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5429938	https://www.gbif.org/species/5429938
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	153929	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=153929

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hemisinidae : Pyrgulifera

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Thiaridae : Pyrgulifera

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
order	Sorbeoconcha	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superfamily	Cerithioidea	(Férussac 1819)
family	Thiaridae	Troschel 1857
genus	Pyrgulifera	Meek 1871

Scientific Name

Pyrgulifera Meek, 1871

Name Published In

Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Pyrgulifera	genus	belongs to Thiaridae	stated with evidence	Kase, 1984

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

122 - 112 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene

Environment

freshwater (based on Thiaridae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Cerithioidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Cerithioidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

T. Kase. 1984. Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gonioconcha striata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera acutispira species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera bicarinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	59.2 Ma Paleocene
Pyrgulifera boeckhi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera compressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera corrosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera costata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera decussata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera degenhardti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera dives species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera glabra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera gradata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera hantkeni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera heptagona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera humerosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera ilerdensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera inflata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera lajollaensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera lyra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera matheroni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera meekii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera munieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera ornata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera pannonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera petroea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera pichleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera protarmata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera purbeckiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera rickeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera saginata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera spinosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera stantoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera stomatopsidum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera striata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Pyrgulifera subovoidea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pyrgulifera ventricosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Hantkenia P.Fischer, 1885	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Hemisinidae : *Hantkenia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1877	Pyrgulifera Meek
1921	Gonioconcha Bonarelli
1938	Gonioconcha Wenz
1984	Pyrgulifera Kase p. 129
2002	Gonioconcha Sepkoski, Jr.
1877	Pyrgulifera Meek
1921	Gonioconcha Bonarelli
1938	Gonioconcha Wenz

Year	Name and Author
1984	Pyrgulifera Kase p. 129
2002	Gonioconcha Sepkoski, Jr.
1877	Pyrgulifera Meek
1921	Gonioconcha Bonarelli
1938	Gonioconcha Wenz
1984	Pyrgulifera Kase p. 129
2002	Gonioconcha Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Kase T. (1984) , Early Cretaceous marine and brackish-water Gastropoda from Japan, 1-262

Wenz W. (1938) Handbuch der Paläozoologie; Gastropoda, Handbuch der Paläozoologie

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

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - 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

Ann. Rep. U.S. Geol. Surv. Terr., 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bandel, K.; Riedel, F. (1994). The late Cretaceous gastropod fauna from Ajka (Bakony Mountains, Hungary): a revision. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A. 96: 1-65. - via World Register of Marine Species

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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