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Rissoina (Schwartziella)

Gastropoda - Rissoidae

Taxonomy
Schwartziella was named by Nevill (1881) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R Sepkoski's reference number: 650]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Rissoina (Schwartziella) by Gardner (1948), Desjardin (1949), Weisbord (1962), Rosenberg (1965) and Rosenberg (2005).

It was assigned to Rissoinae by Ladd (1972); to Rissoidae by Todd (2001); to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Rissoina by Gardner (1948), Desjardin (1949), Weisbord (1962), Rosenberg (1965) and Rosenberg (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Schwartziella (Schwartziella) Nevill
1881Schwartziella Nevill p. 82
1948Rissoina (Schwartziella) Gardner p. 193
1949Rissoina (Schwartziella) Desjardin p. 199
1962Rissoina (Schwartziella) Weisbord p. 122
1965Rissoina (Schwartziella) Rosenberg p. 66
1972Schwartziella Ladd p. 63
2001Schwartziella Todd
2001Schwartziella (Schwartziella) Todd
2002Schwartziella Sepkoski
2005Rissoina (Schwartziella) Rosenberg p. 66

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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)
superfamilyRissooideaGray 1847
familyRissoidaeGray 1847
genusRissoinad'Orbigny 1840
subgenusSchwartziella(Nevill 1881)

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.

Subg. Rissoina (Schwartziella) Nevill 1881
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Subg. Schwartziella (Pandalosia) Laseron 1956
Schwartziella bryerea Montagu 1803
Schwartziella catesbyana d'Orbigny 1842
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Invalid names: Rissoa scalarella Adams 1845 [synonym], Rissoina (Schwartziella) floridana Mörch 1876 [synonym]
Schwartziella fischeri Desjardin 1949
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
H. S. Ladd 1972Shell: minute to small, elongate-conic, non-umbilicate, solid, with axial ribs. Aperture oval, channelled posteriorly, rounded anteriorly; inner lip concave, thickened; peristome simple. Outer lip opisthocline, with strong varix. Base with or without spiral fold. Protoconch multi spiral or paucispiral, weakly sculptured with a spiral row of raised gemmules and very minute, scattered granules or minute, irregular pits.
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: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Early/Lower Miocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 15.97 Ma

Collections (30 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Marshall Islands Rissoina jirikana (78028)
Middle Miocene15.97 - 11.608Indonesia Rissoina indrai (70081 70107)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Marshall Islands Rissoina mejilana (77991) Rissoina rilebana (78025 78026)
Late/Upper Miocene11.608 - 5.333Indonesia Rissoina indrai (70078)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6Venezuela (Sucre) Rissoina venezuelana (41544)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Mexico (Veracruz) Schwartziella catesbyana (134767 134768 134769)
Late/Upper Pliocene3.6 - 2.588Venezuela Schwartziella maiquetiana, Schwartziella venezuelana (131218) Schwartziella venezuelana (131210 131363)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Rissoina floridana (41501 79331 79338)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (North Carolina) Rissoina harpa (59313)
Pleistocene2.588 - 0.0117USA (California) Rissoina pleistocena (237610)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Bermuda Rissoina bryerea (67966)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (California) Rissoina pleistocena (202493)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129USA (Florida) Rissoina catesbyana (61310)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) Rissoina pleistocena (59063 96566 160361 219029)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Bermuda Rissoina bryerea (67948)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Tonga Rissoina gracilis (78075)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Florida) Rissoina catesbyana (61311) Schwartziella chesnelii, Schwartziella catesbyana (96538)