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Purpuroidea gigas

Gastropoda - Purpurinidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
P. acatlana, P. applanata, P. cerithiformis, P. crassenodosa, P. praecursor, P. rugosa, P. subcerithiformis
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. excelsior, P. glabra, P. moosleitneri, P. supraliasica

Synonymy list
No taxonomic opinions are available

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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)
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyPurpurinidaeZittel 1895
genusPurpuroideaLycett 1848
speciesgigas

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.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Middle Callovian to the top of the Late/Upper Kimmeridgian or 165.30000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Jurassic - Late/Upper Jurassic201.4 - 143.1Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13862)
Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13794)
Middle Callovian - Late/Upper Callovian165.3 - 161.5Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13588 13607 13614 13659 13660 13666 13667 13677)
Callovian - Middle Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13792)
Callovian - Oxfordian165.3 - 154.8Tunisia Purpuroidea gigas (13903 13904)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian152.21 - 149.2Tanzania Purpuroidea gigas (36345)