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Protosurcula

Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae

Taxonomy
Protosurcula was named by Casey (1904) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-l T Eo-m-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1248]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Turridae by Gardner (1945); and to Neogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
P. gabbii
Species lacking formal opinion data
P. aurora

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1904Protosurcula Casey
1945Protosurcula Gardner p. 234
2002Protosurcula Sepkoski

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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)
superorderLatrogastropodaRiedel 2000
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusProtosurculaCasey 1904

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. †Protosurcula Casey 1904
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†Protosurcula gabbii Conrad 1865
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
height111.0
entire specimen height111.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: carnivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:09:25
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:09:25
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Paleocene to the top of the Bartonian or 66.00000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (74 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Paleocene66.0 - 61.7USA (Texas) P. sp. (84474)
Danian66.0 - 61.6USA (Texas) P. sp. (84467 205221)
Thanetian59.2 - 56.0USA (Texas) P. sp. (205455)
Ypresian56.0 - 47.8USA (Texas) P. aurora (7788 7789 83950 84325 84337)
Early/Lower Eocene55.8 - 48.6USA (Texas) P. gabbi (89948)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Alabama) P. gabbi (1439 81224 81238)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Texas) P. aurora (205223 205520 205521 205533) P. gabbi (1452 1453) P. gabbii (205421 205496 205503 205532 205544) P. sp. (91841 205436 205440 205454 205527 205537 205539) P. sp., P. gabbii (205417) P. tenuirostris (90455)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Mississippi) P. gabbi (2414) P. gabbii (99673)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (Louisiana) P. gabbi (2409)
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3USA (California) P. sp. (94821)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Alabama) P. gabbii (205420)
Lutetian - Bartonian47.8 - 38.0USA (Texas) P. gabbi (2412 2413)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Texas) P. gabbi (2452) P. gabbii (7437 7438 7439 205264 205266 205271 205410 205414 205415 205422 205424 205426 205429 205430 205433 205456 205461 205477 205480 205481 205484 205485) P. sp. (205486) P. sp., P. gabbii (205267)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Alabama) P. gabbi (2416 2418 2419 2420 2421 2422 2440 6788)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (Mississippi) P. gabbi (2446)