Purpuroidea

Purpuroidea is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the clade Littorinimorpha.

Purpuroidea
Temporal range: Ladinian–Turonian
Fossil of Purpuroidea species
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Caenogastropoda
clade Hypsogastropoda
clade Littorinimorpha
Superfamily:
Littorinoidea
Family:
† Purpurinidae
Genus:
† Purpuroidea

Lycett, 1848

Fossil record

These extinct sea snails lived between the Middle Triassic, Ladinian age (about 242 - 237 million years ago) and the Early Cretaceous, Turonian age (about 122 – 112 million years ago). [1][2] The fossils were found in Japan, Portugal, Ethiopia, France, Israel, Italy, Jordan, Kenya, Mexico, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Tanzania, Tunisia, Austria, Hungary, Iran and United States.[3]

Species

Species within this genus include: [3]

  • † Purpuroidea acatlana Alencaster and Buitron 1965
  • † Purpuroidea applanata Kittl 1894
  • † Purpuroidea cerithiformis Kittl 1894
  • † Purpuroidea crassenodosa Kittl 1894
  • † Purpuroidea praecursor Fischer et al. 2002
  • † Purpuroidea rugosa Böhm 1895
  • † Purpuroidea subcerithiformis Kittl 1894
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See also

References
  1. Mindat.com
  2. Sepkoski's Online Genus Database
  3. Paleobiology Database


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