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Pusillina

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Pusillina was named by Monterosato (1884) [Sepkoski's age data: T Pale R Sepkoski's reference number: 650]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Turboella (Pusillina) by Cossmann (1919).

It was assigned to Turboella by Cossmann (1919); to Rissoidae by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. (Pusillina)

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Pusillina Monterosato
1919Turboella (Pusillina) Cossmann pp. 115-116
1972Benzia Nordsieck
1995Pusillina Pacaud and Le Renard
2002Pusillina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusPusillinaMonterosato 1884

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. Pusillina Monterosato 1884
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Subg. Pusillina (Pusillina) Monterosato 1884
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Invalid names: Benzia Nordsieck 1972 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: grazerf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:55:20
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:55:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Danian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 66.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 61.6 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) P. sp. (205466)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6United Kingdom (England) Turboella misera (3262)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3United Kingdom (England) P. nana (8124)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France (Yvelines) P. nana (177970)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3France Turboella nana (171526)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0France (Oise) Rissoa nana (3494)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0United Kingdom (England) Rissoa nana (42636)
Aquitanian23.03 - 20.44France P. sp. (74861)
Tortonian - Messinian11.62 - 5.333Italy P. sp. (207782)
Zanclean5.333 - 3.6Italy P. sulzeriana (73578) P. sulzeriana, P. sp. (73579 73583)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Portugal P. inconspicua (122283 122287 122288 122289 122290 122292)