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Proconulidae

Gastropoda - Proconulidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Proconulinae Cox
1960Proconulinae Knight et al. p. 247
2005Proconulidae Bouchet et al. pp. 141, 245
2017Proconulidae Bouchet et al. p. 336
2017Proconulidae Cataldo p. 406

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyTurbinoideaRafinesque 1815
familyProconulidae(Cox 1960)
familyProconulidae(Cox 1960)

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.

Fm. †Proconulidae Cox 1960
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G. †Dimorphotectus Cossmann 1918
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Invalid names: Flemmingia Kittl 1894 [synonym]
G. †Diplochilus Wöhrmann 1894
G. †Epulotrochus Cossmann 1918
G. †Muricotrochus Cossmann 1918
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†Muricotrochus subluciensis Hudleston 1894
G. †Proconulus Cossmann 1918
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†Proconulus arabiensis Newton 1908
†Proconulus costatonodosus Gründel et al. 2012
†Proconulus epuliformis Szabo 1981
†Proconulus epuloides Szabo 1981
†Proconulus galatensis Gemmellaro 1911
†Proconulus guisei Lycett 1863
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Invalid names: Proconulus niortensis Orbigny 1852 [synonym]
†Proconulus ibbetsoni Morris and Lycett 1851
†Proconulus kotrus Cataldo 2017
†Proconulus rimosus Szabo 1981
†Proconulus scherinus Gemmellaro 1874
G. †Tylotrochus Koken 1896
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†Tylotrochus elongatus Bandel 1993
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Invalid names: Trochus epimetheus Laube 1869 [synonym], Trochus eupator Laube 1869 [synonym], Trochus prometheus Laube 1869 [synonym], Trochus subpunctatus Klipstein 1843 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:55:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:55:39
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Spathian to the top of the Late/Upper Paleocene or 251.30000 to 55.80000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 247.2 Ma

Collections (73 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Spathian251.3 - 247.2USA (Utah) Diplochilus sp. (63032)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Sichuan) Tylotrochus elongatus (119277)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0China (Yunnan) Dimorphotectus yunnanensis (165396)
Carnian - Norian237.0 - 208.5Indonesia (Timor) Tylotrochus rotundatus (205174)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Flemmingia bicarinata (144632) Flemmingia bistriata (69684) Trochus semipunctatus, Trochus bistriatus, Turritella sulcifera, Trochus laticostatus (137429) Trochus subpunctatus, Trochus bicarinatus, Trochus acuticarinatus (145649) Ziziphinus semipunctatus, Flemmingia bistriata, Flemmingia bicarinata, Flemmingia granulata, Flemmingia acutecarinata (144631)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy (Belluno) Flemmingia bistriata (207477)
Hettangian - Middle Jurassic201.3 - 161.5Hungary Proconulinae sp. (28955)
Late/Upper Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Hungary Dimorphotectus sp., Muricotrochus sp., Proconulus sp. (118984) Proconulus galatensis (151860)
Oxynotum - Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Dimorphotectus sp., Proconulus acteon, Proconulus scherinus, Proconulus galatensis (81576) Proconulus sp. (118997)
Raricostatum196.5 - 189.6Hungary Proconulus sp. (118990)
Raricostatum - Davoei196.5 - 183.0Hungary Proconulus epuloides (78690)
Raricostatum - Ibex196.5 - 183.0Hungary Proconulus epuloides (78689)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Greenland Proconulus epulus (162113)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Hungary Proconulus scherinus (91406)
Davoei189.6 - 183.0Hungary Proconulinae indet. (119134) Proconulus acteon (109149)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Italy (Messina) Chemnitzia galatensis (173593)
Ibex189.6 - 183.0Hungary Proconulus epuloides (108850) Proconulus epuloides, Proconulus scherinus (108945) Proconulus sp. (108849 108883 108884)
Jamesoni189.6 - 183.0Turkey Dimorphotectus sp., Proconulus epuloides (158460 200773)
Jamesoni - Ibex189.6 - 183.0Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Proconulus sp. (78406)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Germany (North Rhine-Westphalia) Tylotrochus subimbricatus (225394 225396)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary Proconulus acteon (109507) Proconulus sp., Proconulus epuloides (108895)
Margaritatus189.6 - 183.0Hungary (Veszprém Megye) Proconulus epuloides (45472)
Early/Lower Pliensbachian - Middle Toarcian189.6 - 175.6Hungary Proconulus epuloides (108969)
Middle Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Italy (Central Italy ) Proconulus keratomorphus, Muricotrochus subluciensis (123679)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4Germany Proconulus costatonodosus (151085) Proconulus guisei (151084)
Humphresianum - Parkinsoni171.6 - 167.7Hungary Proconulus epuloides, Proconulus epuliformis, Proconulus rimosus, Muricotrochus subluciensis, Dimorphotectus unicarinatus, Dimorphotectus bicarinatus (91409) Proconulus ibbetsoni (151887)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Poland Proconulus sp. (58285 58287)
Early/Lower Bajocian - Late/Upper Oxfordian171.6 - 155.7Romania (Brasov) Proconulus sp. (81442)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Italy (Central Italy ) Proconulus acutispira, Proconulus keratomorphus (123682) Proconulus keratomorphus (123681)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Jordan Proconulus sp. (35377)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Chile Muricotrochus sp. (58541)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1United Kingdom (England) Proconulus sp. (36552)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Jordan Proconulus sp. (35669 35745)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Germany Proconulus convexoconcavus (58235) Proconulus sp. (58203 58214 58373)
Callovian - Oxfordian166.1 - 157.3Somalia Proconulus arabiensis (93020 94526 94544)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2Germany Proconulus convexoconcavus, Proconulus sp. (58408)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Proconulus arabiensis (2557 2597)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Somalia Proconulus arabiensis (93000)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3India Proconulus sp. (63533)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Ethiopia Trochus arabiensis (94499)
Oxfordian - Early/Lower Kimmeridgian163.5 - 150.8Somalia Proconulus arabiensis (100372)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland Proconulus coelotropis, Proconulus viadrinus (66972)
Middle Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7France Muricotrochus daedalus (11084)
Kimmeridgian - Tithonian157.3 - 145.0Yemen (Wadi Hajar) Proconulus arabiensis (2574)
Late/Upper Aptian122.46 - 113.0Japan Proconulus hiraigensis (91296)
Late/Upper Aptian - Early/Lower Albian122.46 - 109.0Japan Proconulus hiraigensis (91253)
Early/Lower Albian112.03 - 109.0Japan Proconulus hiraigensis (91252)
Middle Paleocene - Late/Upper Paleocene61.7 - 55.8USA (Texas) Tylotrochus sp. (84651)