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Plesiotrochus

Gastropoda - Plesiotrochidae

Taxonomy
Plesiotrochus was named by Fischer (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-l R Sepkoski's reference number: 559]. It is extant. Its type is Plesiotrochus sowerbianus. It is the type genus of Plesiotrochidae.

It was assigned to Cerithiadae by Ladd (1972); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Plesiotrochidae by Wilson (1993), Lozouet et al. (2001) and Harzhauser (2004).

Species
P. fallax, P. sowerbianus (type species), P. stephanense
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. stephanensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Plesiotrochus Fischer
1972Plesiotrochus Ladd p. 41
1993Plesiotrochus Wilson p. 131
2001Plesiotrochus Lozouet et al. p. 21
2002Plesiotrochus Sepkoski
2004Plesiotrochus Harzhauser p. 113

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Campanilimorpha(Haszprunar 1988)
superfamilyCampaniloideaDouvillé 1904
familyPlesiotrochidaeHoubrick 1990
genusPlesiotrochusFischer 1878

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. Plesiotrochus Fischer 1878
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†Plesiotrochus fallax Grateloup 1832
†Plesiotrochus stephanense Cossmann and Peyrot 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: grazersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-19 08:44:14
Modified: 2009-09-19 10:44:14
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Rupelian to the top of the Holocene or 33.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 28.1 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rupelian33.9 - 28.1Iran P. stephanensis (76199)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France P. fallax (74861)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands P. talinana (77980)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Marshall Islands P. marshallensis, P. whitmorei (77992)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia P. tomlini (70081 70107)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands P. marshallensis (77985 77991) P. marshallensis, P. whitmorei (77986)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia (Kalimantan) P. sp. (173685)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Indonesia (East Java) P. sp. (96670)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781Marshall Islands P. pagodiformis (43324)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene0.774 - 0.0117USA (Hawaii) P. exilis (89294)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0China P. acutagulus (96350 96351 96352)