2012 in molluscan paleontology

2012 paleontology science Paleontology History of science This list, 2012 in molluscan paleontology, is a list of new taxa of ammonites and other fossil cephalopods, as well as fossil gastropods and bivalves that have been described during the year 2012. Newly named ammonites Note: "Sp nov" means a new species, "Gen nov" means a new genus, "et" means and, "comb nov" means a new combination (a new binomial name created by combining a known species name with a new genus name.) Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAlocolytoceras isztimeriAndrás Galácz Piroska Kassai 2012 New species and stratigraphic data on Lower Bajocian (Middle Jurassic) lytoceratids (Ammonoidea) from Lókút, Bakony Mts, Hungary Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86 3 281–295 10.1007/s12542-011-0128-7 128898923 Sp nov ValidGalácz & KassaiBajocianHungaryA member of Lytoceratina, a species of Alocolytoceras.Amorina intermediaSp. novValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)SwitzerlandA relative of Anahamulina, a species of Amorina.Andiceras planulatusVeronica V. Vennari Pamela P. Alvarez Beatriz Aguirre-Urreta 2012 A new species of Andiceras Krantz (Cephalopoda: Ammonoidea) from the Late Jurassic-Early Cretaceous of the Neuquen Basin, Mendoza, Argentina. Systematics and Biostratigraphy Andean Geology 39 1 92–105 http://www.andeangeology.cl/index.php/revista1/article/view/2563 10.5027/andgeov39n1-a05 free 11336/138232 free Sp nov ValidVennari, Alvarez & Aguirre-UrretaLate Jurassic (late Tithonian) or Early Cretaceous (early Berriasian)ArgentinaA berriaselline neocomitid, a species of Andiceras.Asthenoceras taveraiJosé Sandoval Maria Helena Henriques Robert B. Chandler Soledad Ureta 2012 Latest Toarcian-earliest Bajocian (Jurassic) Grammoceratinae (Hildoceratidae, Ammonitina) of the western Tethys: Their palaeobiogeographic and phylogenetic significance Geobios 45 1 109–119 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.11.001 2012Geobi..45..109S https://eprints.ucm.es/16607/1/1-s2..pdf Sp nov ValidSandoval in Sandoval et alMiddle Jurassic (late Aalenian to early Bajocian)SpainA grammoceratine hildoceratid, a species of Asthenoceras.Badina bedouliensisJean Vermeulen Pierre Lazarin Patrick Lépinay Lucien Leroy Emile Mascarelli 2012 Nouvelles données sur l'évolution et la classification de quelques Anahamulinidae Breistroffer, 1952 (Turrilitina, Ptychoceratoidea) Riviera Scientifique 96 79–95 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262486970 Sp. novValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Aptian)FranceA member of the family Anahamulinidae.BaiditesGen. et sp. et comb. nov.ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOman TimorA flemingitid ammonite. The type species is B. hermanni; genus also contains "Ophiceras" crassecostatum Welter (1922) and "Ophiceras" tenue Welter (1922).BasteliaGen. et 2 sp. novValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)France SwitzerlandA hamulinid. The type species is Bastelia schloegli; genus also contains Bastelia taloirensis.BlascocerasJean Vermeulen Pierre Lazarin Lucien Leroy Emile Mascarelli 2012 Nouvelles données sur l'évolution et la classification de la sous-famille des Paraspiticeratinae Vermeulen, 2009 (Ancyloceratina, Ancyloceratoidea, Emericiceratidae) Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice XXVII 319–344 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/262486880 Gen. et comb. nov ValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)France Italy SpainAn ancyloceratoid related to Emericiceras. A new genus for "Ammonites" nodulosus Catullo (1848); genus also contains "Himalayites" laevis Fallot & Termier (1923) BoreotrachycerasA. G. Konstantinov 2012 A revision of the Early Carnian Trachyceratidae (Ammonoidea) of Northeastern Asia Paleontological Journal 46 5 453–460 10.1134/S0031030112050048 129231090 Gen. et comb. nov ValidKonstantinovEarly CarnianRussiaA trachyceratid, a new genus for "Protrachyceras" omkutchanicum Bytschkov.Craspedites sachsiA. E. Igolnikov 2012 Craspedites (Vitaliites?) sachsi, a New Boreal Berriasian ammonite species of the North of Eastern Siberia (Nordvik Peninsula) Paleontological Journal 46 1 12–15 10.1134/S0031030112010066 140576794 Sp novValidIgolnikovBerriasianRussiaA species of Craspedites.CuracoitesBeatriz Aguirre-Urreta Peter F. Rawson 2012 Lower Cretaceous ammonites from the Neuquén Basin, Argentina: A new heteromorph fauna from the uppermost Agrio Formation Cretaceous Research 35 208–216 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.01.001 2012CrRes..35..208A 11336/68453 free Gen. et sp. novValidAguirre-Urreta & RawsonValanginian or early BarremianAgrio FormationArgentinaThe type species is Curacoites rotundus.DamaisicerasGen. et sp. nov ValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)FranceA crioceratitid. The type species is Damaisiceras baquei.Dimorphites noricusMarco Balini Leopold Krystyn Marco Levera Angelo Tripodo 2012 Late Carnian–early Norian ammonoids from the GSSP candidate section Pizzo Mondello (Sicani Mountains, Sicily) Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 118 1 47–84 http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/abstracts-vol-118-1-2012 2015-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402175107/http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/abstracts-vol-118-1-2012 2015-04-02 dead Sp novValidBalini et al.Late TriassicScillato FormationItalyA species of Dimorphites.Dimorphoceratoides adamsiDavid M. Work Charles E. Mason Darwin R. Boardman 2012 Pennsylvanian (Atokan) Ammonoids from the Magoffin Member of the Four Corners Formation, Eastern Kentucky Journal of Paleontology 86 3 403–416 http://jpaleontol.geoscienceworld.org/content/86/3/403.abstract 10.1666/11-039.1 2012JPal...86..403W 128983879 subscription Sp. novValidWork, Mason & BoardmanPennsylvanianFour Corners FormationUnited StatesA species of Dimorphoceratoides.EscarguelitesThomas Brühwiler Hugo Bucher Leopold Krystyn 2012 Middle and Late Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from Spiti, India Special Papers in Palaeontology 88 115–174 Gen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler, Bucher & KrystynEarly Triassic IndiaAn arctoceratid. The type species is Escarguelites spitiensis.Flemingites hautmanniThomas Brühwiler Hugo Bucher David Ware Elke Hermann Peter Hochuli Ghazala Roohi Khalil Rehman Aamir Yaseen 2012 Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoids from the Salt Range, Pakistan Special Papers in Palaeontology 88 1–114 Sp nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA flemingitid, a species of Flemingites.Flemingites hofmanniSp nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA flemingitid, a species of Flemingites.Flemingites planatusSp nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA flemingitid, a species of Flemingites.Galfettites kyraeThomas Brühwiler Hugo Bucher Nicolas Goudemand Thomas Galfetti 2012 Smithian (Early Triassic) ammonoid faunas from Exotic Blocks from Oman: taxonomy and biochronology Palaeontographica Abteilung A 296 1–4 3–107 http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/296/76559/Smithian_Early_Triassic_ammonoid_faunas_from_Exoti https://archive.today/20130211220507/http://www.schweizerbart.de/papers/pala/detail/296/76559/Smithian_Early_Triassic_ammonoid_faunas_from_Exoti dead 2013-02-11 10.1127/pala/296/2012/3 2012PalAA.296....3B subscription Sp novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOmanA galfettitid ammonite, a species of Galfettites.Galfettites omaniSp novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOmanA galfettitid ammonite, a species of Galfettites.GarronicerasGen. et comb. novValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)France SwitzerlandA hamulinid. A new genus for "Ancyloceras" seringei Astier (1851); genus also contains Garroniceras picteti (Ooster, 1860) and Garroniceras morloti (Ooster, 1860).Gastrioceras magoffinenseSp. novValidWork, Mason & BoardmanPennsylvanianFour Corners FormationUnited StatesA species of Gastrioceras.GoudemanditesGen. et sp. novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicChina OmanA palaeophyllitid ammonite. The type species is Goudemandites sinensis.HerbiellaNom. nov ValidCooperCretaceousUkraineA turrilitid; a replacement name for Klingerella Cooper (1999). The type species is "Turrilites" bicarinatus Kner (1852).HermannitesGen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler, Bucher & KrystynEarly Triassic IndiaA flemingitid. The type species is Hermannites rursiradiatus.Hildaites bisulcatusStefano Sassaroli Federico Venturi 2012 Early Toarcian (post-OAE) Hildoceratinae (Ammonitina) fauna from the Marchean Apennines (Italy) Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 31 1 85–114 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/31-1/pal_31_1_06.pdfSp nov ValidSassaroli & VenturiEarly ToarcianBugarone FormationItalyA hildoceratid, a species of Hildaites.Hildaites calamantisSp nov ValidSassaroli & VenturiEarly ToarcianBugarone FormationItalyA hildoceratid, a species of Hildaites.Hildaites evolutusSp nov ValidSassaroli & VenturiEarly ToarcianBugarone FormationItalyA hildoceratid, a species of Hildaites.Hildaites planiventrisSp nov ValidSassaroli & VenturiEarly ToarcianBugarone FormationItalyA hildoceratid, a species of Hildaites.HochuliitesGen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanAn inyoitid. The type species is Hochuliites retrocostatus.Homoeoplanulites marcelliCharles Mangold Arnaud Martin Abel Prieur Les Périsphinctidés du Bathonien moyen et supérieur du Mâconnais (Saône-et-Loire, France) 2012 Documents des Laboratoires de Géologie, Lyon 1–155 978-2-85454-127-4 Sp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae.Homoeoplanulites mouterdeiSp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae.Homoeoplanulites sandovaliSp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae.Indosphinctes tsatiaensisRussell Lindsay Hall Terence Patrick Poulton 2012 Callovian (Middle Jurassic) ammonite faunas from the Bowser Lake Group, Northern Bowser Basin, British Columbia Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève spécial 11 379–397 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/spec-11/pal-spec-11-26.pdf Sp. novValidHall & PoultonCallovianCanadaA perisphinctid ammonite, a species of Indosphinctes.Infraparkinsonia pieraeGiulio Pavia Marta Zunino 2012 Ammonite assemblages and biostratigraphy at the Lower to Upper Bajocian boundary in the Digne area (SE France). Implications for the definition of the Late Bajocian GSSP Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève spécial 11 205–227 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/spec-11/pal-spec-11-15.pdf Sp. novValidPavia & ZuninoLate BajocianFranceA species of Infraparkinsonia, a possible member of Stephanoceratidae.Kashmirites baidiSp novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOman PakistanA xenoceltitid ammonite, a species of Kashmirites.KiaborisiaKonrad Bartzsch Dieter Weyer 2012 Zur Stratigraphie des Breternitz-Members (Obere Clymenien-Schichten, Oberdevon) von Saalfeld (Schwarzburg-Antiklinorium, Thüringisches Schiefergebirge) Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (20), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 542 1–54 Gen. et comb. novValidBartzsch & WeyerDevonianRussiaA new genus for "Biloclymenia" aktubensis Bogoslovskiy (1981).KoilocerasGen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA gyronitid. The type species is Koiloceras romanoi.KraffticerasGen. et comb. nov ValidBrühwiler, Bucher & KrystynEarly Triassic IndiaA ceratitid; a new genus for "Meekoceras" pseudoplanulatum Krafft & Diener (1909).LepinaycerasGen. et 3 sp. et comb. novValidVermeulen et al.Early CretaceousArgentina France MoroccoAn ancyloceratoid related to Emericiceras. The type species is Lepinayceras sandovali; genus also contains new species Lepinayceras rouxelae and Lepinayceras chamateuilensis, as well as "Crioceras" precrassispina Roch (1930) and "Paraspiticeras" groeberi Aguirre-Urreta (1993).LepteocalocerasJean-Louis Dommergues 2012 Les ammonites hettangiennes de l'ancienne mine de fer de Beauregard (Thoste, Côte-d'Or, France) Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 31 1 235–265 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/31-1/pal_31_1_14.pdfGen. et 2 sp. nov ValidDommerguesHettangianFranceA psiloceratid ammonite. Genus contains the type species Lepteocaloceras evrardii and possibly also the species Lepteocaloceras ? strictum.Leptosphinctes (Cleistosphinctes) umbilicatusAndrás Galácz 2012 Early perisphinctid ammonites from the early/late Bajocian boundary interval (Middle Jurassic) from Lókút, Hungary Geobios 45 3 285–295 10.1016/j.geobios.2011.06.003 2012Geobi..45..285G Sp nov ValidGaláczBajocianHungaryA species of Leptosphinctes.LiautaudiaGen. et sp. novValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)France SwitzerlandA hamulinid. The type species is Liautaudia fumisuginiformis.LinaresitesGen. et comb. nov ValidSandoval in Sandoval et al.Middle Jurassic (late Aalenian to early Bajocian)Morocco SpainA grammoceratine hildoceratid, a new genus for "Fontannesia" montillanensis Linares and Sandoval (1988).LucasitesGen. et 2 sp. novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOmanA prionitid ammonite. Genus contains two species: Lucasites involutus and L. evolutus.Maximites nassichukiSp. novValidWork, Mason & BoardmanPennsylvanianFour Corners FormationUnited StatesA species of Maximites.MianwaliitesGen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA palaeophyllitid. The type species is Mianwaliites multiradiatus.MonneticerasGen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA proptychitid. The type species is Monneticeras compressum.Nannolytoceras gibbosumSp nov ValidGalácz & KassaiBajocianHungaryA member of Lytoceratina, a species of Nannolytoceras.Neograhamites primusEduardo B. Olivero 2012 New Campanian kossmaticeratid ammonites from the James Ross Basin, Antarctica, and their possible relationships with Jimboiceras? antarcticum Riccardi Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève spécial 11 133–149 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/spec-11/pal-spec-11-11.pdf Sp. novValidOliveroUpper CampanianSnow Hill Island FormationAntarcticaA kossmaticeratid ammonite, a species of Neograhamites.NeokossmaticerasGen. et sp. novValidOliveroUpper CampanianRabot FormationAntarcticaA kossmaticeratid ammonite. The type species is Neokossmaticeras redondensis.NotosilesitoidesMasaki Matsukawa Samuel V. Sendon Fe Tumanda Mateer Tadashi Sato Ikuwo Obata 2012 Early Cretaceous ammonite fauna of Catanduanes Island, Philippines Cretaceous Research 37 261–271 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.04.008 2012CrRes..37..261M Gen. et sp. nov. ValidMatsukawa et al.Aptian to early AlbianPhilippinesThe type species is Notosilesitoides philippinensis.NuetzeliaGen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler, Bucher & KrystynEarly Triassic IndiaAn arctoceratid. The type species is Nuetzelia himalayica.ObatacerasYasunari Shigeta Masao Futakami René Hoffmann 2012 Two New Ammonoid Genera of the Subfamily Gabbioceratinae from the Upper Albian (Lower Cretaceous) of Hokkaido, Japan Paleontological Research 16 3 208–218 10.2517/1342-8144-16.3.208 54890110 free Gen. et sp. nov ValidShigeta, Futakami & HoffmannLate AlbianJapanA gabbioceratine ammonite. The type species is Obataceras manjiense.OkhototrachycerasGen. et comb. novValidKonstantinovEarly CarnianRussiaA trachyceratid, a new genus for "Protrachyceras" seimkanense Bytschkov.OmanitesGen. et sp. novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOmanA paranannitid ammonite. The type species is Omanites musjahensis.OxyarietitesJean-Louis Dommergues Stijn Goolaerts 2012 Oxyarietites boletzkyi n. gen., n. sp., nouveau genre et nouvelle espèce d'ammonite dans le Sinémurien inférieur de Bourgogne (France): un rare précurseur des morphologies oxycônes pour le Jurassique Geodiversitas 34 3 517–529 10.5252/g2012n3a4 129852236 http://www.vliz.be/imisdocs/publications/294833.pdf Gen. et sp. novValidDommergues & GoolaertsEarly SinemurianFranceAn arietitoid, a member of Phylloceratida. The type species is Oxyarietites boletzkyi.Pacaudina dechauxiSp. novValidVermeulen et al.Early CretaceousFranceA member of the family Anahamulinidae.Pacaudina lurensisSp. novValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Barremian)FranceA member of the family Anahamulinidae.Paranannites baudiGen. et sp. novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOmanA paranannitid ammonite, a species of Paranannites.Paraspidites obesusSp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA meekoceratid, a species of Paraspidites.Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) kachchhensisDhirendra K. Pandey Matthias Alberti Franz T. Fürsich 2012 Ammonites of the genus Perisphinctes Waagen, 1869 from the Oxfordian of Kachchh, western India Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 31 2 483–587 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/31-2/pal_31_2_07.pdf Sp nov ValidPandey, Alberti & FürsichLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)IndiaA species of Perisphinctes.Perisphinctes (Arisphinctes) kantkotensisSp nov ValidPandey, Alberti & FürsichLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)IndiaA species of Perisphinctes.Phaneroceras chesnutiSp. novValidWork, Mason & BoardmanPennsylvanianFour Corners FormationUnited StatesA species of Phaneroceras.Phaulostephanus apertusSp nov ValidGaláczBajocianHungaryA species of Phaulostephanus.Phaulostephanus exilisSp nov ValidGaláczBajocianHungaryA species of Phaulostephanus.Phylloceras (Goretophylloceras) liouxenseBernard Joly Philippe Mercier 2012 Étude des faunes de Phylloceratoidea des marnes valanginiennes de Senez-Lioux (Alpes-de-Haute-Provence). Comparaison avec quelques localités de la Drôme et de l'Ardèche Carnets de Géologie Mémoire 2012/01 137–172 10.4267/2042/47505 free Sp nov ValidJoly & MercierEarly Cretaceous (Valanginian)FranceA phylloceratine phylloceratid, a species of Phylloceras.Prevalia saintjohnpersiSp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae.Prionites nammalensisSp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA prionitid, a species of Prionites.Procerites praequercinusSp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae.Procolumbites safraensisSp novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Late Early TriassicOmanA columbitid ammonite, a species of Procolumbites.Prososphinctes polelumEwa Głowniak 2012 The perisphinctid genus Prososphinctes Schindewolf (Ammonoidea, subfamily Prososphinctinae nov.): an indicator of palaeoecological changes in the Early Oxfordian Submediterranean sea of southern Poland Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 264 2 117–179 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0235 Sp. nov ValidGłowniakLate Jurassic (Oxfordian)PolandA member of Perisphinctidae.Pseudaspidites planusSp novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOmanA proptychitid ammonite, a species of Pseudaspidites.Pseudomoutoniceras martinotiSp. nov ValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)FranceA crioceratitid, a species of Pseudomoutoniceras.Ptychohamulina testeorumCyril Baudouin Gérard Delanoy Patrick Boselli Didier Bert Marc Boselli 2012 Les faunes d'ammonites de la sous-zone à Sarasini (Barrémien supérieur) dans les Baronnies (Drôme, France) Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 31 2 601–677 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/31-2/pal_31_2_09.pdf Sp nov ValidBaudouin et al.Early Cretaceous (late Barremian)FranceA hamulinid, a species of Ptychohamulina.PunjabitesGen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA prionitid. The type species is Punjabites punjabiensis.Rohillites omanensisSp novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOmanA flemingitid ammonite, a species of Rohillites.Rohillites pakistanensisSp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA flemingitid, a species of Rohillites.RopolocerasJean Vermeulen Pierre Lazarin Patrick Lépinay Lucien Leroy Emile Mascarelli Christian Meister Ursula Menkveld-Gfeller 2012 Ammonites (Ancyloceratina, Turrilitina) nouvelles ou peu connues de l'Hauterivien supérieur Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice XXVII 271–318 http://www.nmbe.ch/sites/default/files/uploads/2012_amhnnice_vermeulen_etal_menkveld.pdf 2015-05-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304034151/http://www.nmbe.ch/sites/default/files/uploads/2012_amhnnice_vermeulen_etal_menkveld.pdf 2016-03-04 dead Gen. et comb. nov ValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Late Hauterivian)France Spain SwitzerlandA crioceratitid; a new genus for "Crioceras" seitzi Sarkar (1955).Sabaudiella riverorumSp novValidAguirre-Urreta & RawsonValanginian or early BarremianAgrio FormationArgentinaA species of Sabaudiella.SafraitesGen. et sp. novValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early TriassicOmanA galfettitid ammonite. The type species is Safraites simplex.SchaffhauseriaGen. et 2 sp. novValidVermeulen et al.Early Cretaceous (Hauterivian)SwitzerlandA hamulinid. The type species is Schaffhauseria schirollii. Originally genus also contained second species Schaffhauseria veveysensis; however, this species was subsequently transferred to the genus Lahonderella.Jean Vermeulen Pierre Lazarin Patrick Lépinay Lucien Leroy Emile Mascarelli 2013 Taxa d'ammonites nouveaux ou peu connus de l'Hauterivien et du Barrémien du sud-est de la France Strata, série 2: Mémoires 48 1–60 https://strata.fr/pdf/strata2013-2.48.taxapeuconnus.pdf Siemiradzkia escollensisSp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae.Siemiradzkia richeiSp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae.Shamaraites rursiradiatusSp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanA flemingitid, a species of Shamaraites.SteckitesGen. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler, Bucher & KrystynEarly Triassic IndiaA paranannitid. The type species is Steckites brevus.Stephanosphinctes tuberculatusSp nov ValidGaláczBajocianHungaryA species of Stephanosphinctes.StoliczkaiellaMichael R. Cooper 2012 New names for Late Jurassic-Cretaceous ammonites Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 266 2 185–186 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0288 Nom. nov ValidCooperCretaceousFranceA lyelliceratid; a replacement name for Stoliczkaia Neumayr (1875). The type species is "Ammonites" dispar d'Orbigny (1851).Subinyoites punjabiensisSp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic PakistanAn inyoitid, a species of Subinyoites.Subvishnuites posterusSp. nov ValidBrühwiler, Bucher & KrystynEarly Triassic IndiaAn inyoitid, a species of Subvishnuites.TakahashiellaNom. nov Junior homonymCooperCretaceousJapanA lytoceratid; a replacement name for Takahashia Matsumoto (1984). The replacement name itself turned out to be preoccupied by Takahashiella Borkhsenius (1964); Hoffmann & Howarth (2015) coined a new replacement name Takahashiceras.René Hoffmann Michael K. Howarth 2015 Takahashiceras – A new generic name proposed for Takahashia Matsumoto, 1984 Paleontological Contributions 15 1808/18946 The type species is "Takahashia" eureka Matsumoto (1984).TanabecerasGen. et sp. nov ValidShigeta, Futakami & HoffmannLate AlbianJapanA gabbioceratine ammonite. The type species is Tanabeceras pombetsense.Trachyceras silberlingiM. Balini J. Jenks R. Martin 2012 Taxonomy and stratigraphic significance of Trachyceras silberlingi n. sp., from the Lower Carnian of South Canyon (New Pass Range, central Nevada, USA) Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 51 2 127–136 http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/66/vol-51-2-2012/ 2013-01-28 2014-01-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20140101012306/http://paleoitalia.org/archives/bollettino-spi/66/vol-51-2-2012/ usurped Sp nov ValidBalini, Jenks & MartinLate Triassic (early Carnian)United StatesA trachyceratid, a species of Trachyceras.TruempycerasGen. et comb. et sp. nov ValidBrühwiler & Bucher in Brühwiler et al.Early Triassic India PakistanAn arctoceratid. A new genus for "Anasibirites" pluriformis Guex (1978); genus also contains a new species Truempyceras compressum Brühwiler, Bucher & Krystyn (2012).UssurijuvenitesO. P. Smyshlyaeva Y. D. Zakharov 2012 New representatives of the family Melagathiceratidae (Ammonoidea) from the Lower Triassic of South Primorye Paleontological Journal 46 2 142–147 10.1134/S0031030112020116 130873952 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidSmyshlyaeva & ZakharovEarly Olenekian RussiaA melagathiceratid. The type species is U. popovi. U.s artyomensis is a second species.Vacekia striataSp nov ValidHenriques in Sandoval et al.Jurassic (late Toarcian to early Aalenian)Portugal SpainA grammoceratine hildoceratid, a species of Vacekia.Wagnericeras compressumSp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae.Wagnericeras sericonstrictioneSp. nov ValidMangold, Martin & PrieurBathonianFranceA member of the family Perisphinctidae. Other cephalopods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesArctoteuthis britannaO. S. Dzyuba 2012 Belemnites and biostratigraphy of the Jurassic-Cretaceous boundary deposits of northern East Siberia: New data on the Nordvik Peninsula Stratigraphy and Geological Correlation 20 1 53–72 10.1134/S0869593811060037 2012SGC....20...53D 129494270 Sp nov ValidDzyubaJurassic–Cretaceous boundaryRussia United KingdomA belemnite, a species of Arctoteuthis.Aturia gujaratensisKalyan Halder 2012 Cenozoic fossil nautiloids (Cephalopoda) from Kutch, western India Palaeoworld 21 2 116–130 10.1016/j.palwor.2012.05.004 Sp nov ValidHalderEarly MioceneChhasra Formation Khari Nadi FormationIndiaBathmoceras taichoutenseBjörn Kröger Bertrand Lefebvre 2012 Palaeogeography and palaeoecology of early Floian (Early Ordovician) cephalopods from the Upper Fezouata Formation, Anti-Atlas, Morocco Fossil Record 15 2 61–75 10.1002/mmng.201200004 free Sp nov ValidKröger & LefebvreEarly OrdovicianFezouata FormationMoroccoA species of Bathmoceras.CalabribelusRobert Weis Nino Mariotti Wolfgang Riegraf 2012 The belemnite family Holcobelidae (Coleoidea) in the European Jurassic: systematics, biostratigraphy, palaeobiogeography and evolutionary trends Palaeodiversity 5 13–49 http://www.palaeodiversity.org/pdf/05/Palaeodiversity_5_13-49_Weis.pdfGen. et sp. nov ValidWeis, Mariotti & RiegrafMiddle Jurassic (early Bajocian)France ItalyA holcobelid belemnite. The type species is Calabribelus pallinii.Curtohibolites (?) bourguetensisSp. nov ValidJanssen, Clément & BontEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)FranceA mesohibolitid belemnite, possibly a species of Curtohibolites.Cylindroteuthis venustaSp nov ValidDzyubaJurassic–Cretaceous boundaryRussiaA belemnite, a species of Cylindroteuthis.CyrtobelusDirk Fuchs Helmut Keupp Pat Trask Kazushige Tanabe 2012 Taxonomy, morphology and phylogeny of Late Cretaceous spirulid coleoids (Cephalopoda) from Greenland and Canada Palaeontology 55 2 285–303 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2011.01125.x 2012Palgy..55..285F 129134817 Gen. et 2 sp. novValidFuchs et al.Late Cretaceous (late Campanian–late Maastrichtian)Northumberland FormationCanada GreenlandA member of the family Groenlandibelidae. The type species is C. birkelundae; genus also includes new species C. hornbyense.Deltoidonautilus vredenburgiSp nov ValidHalderEarly EoceneNaredi FormationIndiaDestombesicerasGen. et sp. nov ValidKröger & LefebvreEarly OrdovicianFezouata FormationMoroccoA discosorid cephalopod. The type species is Destombesiceras zagorense.Discoceras costatumJan Audun Rasmussen Finn Surlyk 2012 Rare finds of the coiled cephalopod Discoceras from the Upper Ordovician of Bornholm, Denmark Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 60 15–22 10.37570/bgsd-2012-60-02 http://2dgf.dk/xpdf/bull60-15-22.pdf Sp. nov ValidRasmussen & SurlykOrdovician (late Katian)Lindegård FormationDenmarkA species of Discoceras.Discoceras vasegaardenseSp. nov ValidRasmussen & SurlykOrdovician (late Katian)Lindegård FormationDenmarkA species of Discoceras.Duvalia vermeuleniSp. nov ValidJanssen, Clément & BontEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)France Hungary SlovakiaA duvaliid belemnite, a species of Duvalia.GermanoteuthisGünter Schweigert Dirk Fuchs 2012 First record of a true coleoid cephalopod from the Germanic Triassic (Ladinian) Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 266 1 19–30 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0258 Gen. et sp. nov ValidSchweigert & FuchsLadinianGermanyA coleoid cephalopod. The type species is Germanoteuthis donai.Heminautilus boselliorumGerard Delanoy Cyril Baudouin Roland Gonnet Gabriel Conte Camille Frau 2012 Sur la présence des genres Heminautilus SPATH, 1927 et Eucymatoceras SPATH, 1927 (Nautilida, Nautilaceae) dans le Barrémien inférieur du Gard (sud-est de la France) Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice XXVII 155–195 http://www.geopaleo.com/telechargements/publications/Nautilida-Nautilaceae-dans-le-Barremien-inferieur-du-Gard.pdf Sp. nov ValidDelanoy et al.Early Cretaceous (Barremian)FranceA nautilid, a species of Heminautilus.Hibolithes keleptrishviliiNico M.M. Janssen Arnaud Clément Willem Bont 2012 Mediterranean Neocomian belemnites, part 4: belemnites of the Barremian stratotype section Carnets de Géologie Memoir 2012/02 201–274 10.4267/2042/48307 free Sp nov ValidJanssen, Clément & BontEarly Cretaceous (latest Hauterivian)France Georgia Hungary? Slovakia?A mesohibolitid belemnite, a species of Hibolithes.Holcobelus elmiiSp nov ValidWeis, Mariotti & RiegrafMiddle Jurassic (early Bajocian)Algeria France Italy MoroccoA holcobelid belemnite, a species of Holcobelus.Mesohibolites anglesensisSp. nov ValidJanssen, Clément & BontEarly Cretaceous (late Barremian to early Bedoulian)Abkhazia France Slovakia?A mesohibolitid belemnite, a species of Mesohibolites.ReitneriteuthisGen. et comb. nov ValidSchweigert & FuchsNorianGermanyA new genus for "Loligosepia" neidernachensis Reitner, 1978.ShvetsoviaGen. et comb. nov ValidJanssen, Clément & BontEarly Cretaceous (Barremian)Azerbaijan Bulgaria Czech Republic France Georgia Hungary Romania Russia Ukraine Slovakia?A mesohibolitid belemnite, a new genus for "Hibolites" gagricus Shvetsov (1913) and a few other species.Sichuanobelus utatsuensisYasuhiro Iba Shin-ichi Sano Jörg Mutterlose Yasuo Kondo 2012 Belemnites originated in the Triassic—A new look at an old group Geology 40 10 911–914 10.1130/G33402.1 2012Geo....40..911I Sp nov ValidIba et al.Early Jurassic (Hettangian)JapanA sinobelemnitid belemnite, a species of Sichuanobelus. Newly named gastropods Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes ImagesAchatina sculpturataEike Neubert Dirk van Damme 2012 Palaeogene continental molluscs of Oman Contributions to Natural History 20 1–28 http://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/Bibliography/pdfs/2012%20Neubert%20%26%20van%20Damme%20Oman%20fossils_b.pdf 2015-07-08 2015-07-07 https://web.archive.org/web/20150708135414/http://www.friendsofsoqotra.org/Bibliography/pdfs/2012%20Neubert%20%26%20van%20Damme%20Oman%20fossils_b.pdf dead Sp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanAn achatinid gastropod, a species of Achatina.Acilia? basistriataAlexander Nützel Babak Aghababalou Baba Senowbari-Daryan 2012 Gastropods from the Norian (Late Triassic) Nayband Formation near Natanz (Iran) Bulletin of Geosciences 87 1 53–65 10.3140/bull.geosci.1324 free Sp. novValidNützel, Aghababalou & Senowbari-DaryanLate Triassic (Norian)Nayband FormationIranA prostyliferid gastropod, possibly a species of Acilia.Acteonina koizumiiAlexander Nützel Keiji Nakazawa 2012 Permian (Capitanian) gastropods from the Akasaka Limestone (Gifu Prefecture, Japan) Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 1 103–169 10.1080/14772019.2010.549659 84947151 Sp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Acteoninidae, a species of Acteonina.Admetula valientensisBernard Landau Richard E. Petit Carlos M. Da Silva 2012 The Family Cancellariidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the Neogene of the Bocas Del Toro Region, Panama, with the description of seven new species Journal of Paleontology 86 2 311–339 10.1666/11-070.1 2012JPal...86..311L 129936153 Sp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMiocene (Messinian)Nancy Point FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Admetula.Agatrix agatheBernard Landau Richard E. Petit Carlos M. Da Silva 2012 New Cancellariidae (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the Miocene Gatun Formation of Panama, with Eleven New Species Journal of Paleontology 86 6 907–930 10.1666/12-043R.1 2012JPal...86..907L 84195307 Sp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Agatrix.AkasakiellaGen. et comb. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Goniasmatidae; a new genus for "Murchisonia" yabei Hayasaka (1943).Alvania lauraeM. Mauro Brunetti Giuseppe Vecchi 2012 Nuove specie del genere Alvania (Caenogastropoda: Rissoidae) nel Pleistocene dell'Emilia occidentale (Nord Italia) Bollettino Malacologico 48 1 42–50 Sp. novValidBrunetti & VecchiPleistoceneItalyA species of Alvania.Alvania leopardianaSp. novValidBrunetti & VecchiPleistoceneItalyA species of Alvania.Alvania nitidaSp. novValidBrunetti & VecchiPleistoceneItalyA species of Alvania.Alvania pseudohispidulaSp. novValidBrunetti & VecchiPleistoceneItalyA species of Alvania.Alvania zilioliiSp. novValidBrunetti & VecchiPleistoceneItalyA species of Alvania.Ameranna minusculaBernard Landau Geerat J. Vermeij 2012 The genera Engina and Ameranna nov. gen. (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Buccinidae, Pisaniinae) from the Western Atlantic Neogene Cainozoic Research 9 1 121–133 Sp. novValidLandau & VermeijEarly PlioceneGurabo FormationDominican RepublicA member of Buccinidae, a species of Ameranna.Ameranna primitivaSp. novValidLandau & VermeijMiocene (late Burdigalian)Cantaure FormationVenezuelaA member of Buccinidae, a species of Ameranna.Amphitrochus balinensisJ. Gründel 2012 Neubearbeitung der von Laube 1867 beschriebenen Gastropodenfauna aus dem mittleren Jura von Balin/Polen Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 114 193–288 http://verlag.nhm-wien.ac.at/pdfs/114A_193288_Gruendel.pdf 41702111 Sp. nov ValidGründelMiddle JurassicPolandA turbinid, a species of Amphitrochus.Amphitrochus kahlenbergensisJ. Gründel K. Bosch V. Dietze M. Franz M. Kutz 2012 Die Gastropoden aus dem Mittleren Jura vom Kahlenberg bei Ringsheim/Baden-Württemberg (Süddeutschland) Beringeria 42 5–44 Sp. nov ValidGründel et al.Middle JurassicGermanyA member of Nododelphinulidae; originally described as a species of Amphitrochus, subsequently transferred to the genus Nododelphinula.Ananias riccardiiKarina Pinilla 2012 The new species Ananias riccardii (Gastropoda, Eotomariidae) from the Cisuralian of Patagonia, Argentina Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève spécial 11 357–364 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/spec-11/pal-spec-11-24.pdf Sp. novValidPinillaEarly PermianArgentinaAn eotomariid gastropod, a species of Ananias.Anematina parvaSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Elasmonematidae, a species of Anematina.AngulasinaGen. et comb. novValidGründelMiddle JurassicWestern EuropeA pseudomelaniid gastropod, a new genus for "Chemnitzia" heterocycla Eudes-Deslongchamps (1866) and a few other species.Anomphalus japonicusSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Anomphalidae, a species of Anomphalus.Anoptychia? luxemburgensisJoachim Gründel 2012 Beschreibung einiger Gastropoden aus dem unteren und mittleren Jura des Großherzogtums Luxemburg Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 31 1 115–125 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/31-1/pal_31_1_07.pdf Sp. novValidGründelEarly BajocianLuxembourgAn anoptychiid gastropod, possibly a species of Anoptychia.Aphera aphroditeSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Aphera.Aphera bananensisSp. novValidLandau et al.Pliocene (early Piacenzian)Rio Banano FormationCosta RicaA species of Aphera.Aphera trophisSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaPliocene (Zanclean)Cayo Agua FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Aphera.Araeonema panthalassicaSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Araeonematidae, a species of Araeonema.AsamiellaGen. et comb. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Neritariidae; a new genus for "Naticella" japonica Hayasaka (1943).Axelella casacantauranaSp. novValidLandau et al.Late early MioceneCantaure FormationVenezuelaA species of Axelella.Axelella cativaSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Axelella.Axelella nutritaSp. novValidLandau et al.PleistoceneArmuelles FormationPanamaA species of Axelella.Bahiensis priscusFernanda Cabrera Sergio Martínez 2012 The oldest Odontostomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda): Bahiensis priscus n. sp. (Paleocene, Uruguay) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86 4 451–456 10.1007/s12542-012-0145-1 128881268 Sp. novValidCabrera & MartínezPaleoceneQueguay FormationUruguayAn odontostomid gastropod, a species of Bahiensis.Barycypraea quadrinodosaDirk Fehse 2012 Description of a new Barycypraea Schilder, 1925 from the Indonesian Miocene (Mollusca: Cypraeidae) Conchylia 42 1–4 117–124 Sp. novValidFehseMiocene (Serravallian)IndonesiaA species of Barycypraea.Bathrotomaria carinataJ. Gründel B. Hostettler 2012 Gastropoden aus dem Callovium von Liesberg Andil, Kanton Basellandschaft, und Les Grangettes, Kanton Jura (Schweiz) Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (20), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 542 65–90 http://tu-freiberg.de/sites/default/files/media/psf---palaeontologie-stratigraphie-fazies-2397/gruendel_hostettler_2012_psf20.pdf 2013-11-10 2013-11-10 https://web.archive.org/web/20131110205521/http://tu-freiberg.de/sites/default/files/media/psf---palaeontologie-stratigraphie-fazies-2397/gruendel_hostettler_2012_psf20.pdf dead Sp. novValidGründel & HostettlerMiddle Jurassic (Callovian)SwitzerlandA species of Bathrotomaria.Bivetiella dilatataSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Bivetiella.Bivetopsia porvenirensisSp. novValidLandau et al.Middle MioceneEl Porvenir bedsVenezuelaA species of Bivetopsia.Brasilennea guttulaSalvador Rodrigo Brincalepe Simone, Luiz Ricardo Lopes New fossil pulmonate snails from the Paleocene of Itaboraí Basin, Brazil Archiv für Molluskenkunde 2012 141 1 43–50 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/043-050Sp nov ValidSalvador & SimonePaleoceneItaboraí FormationBrazilA cerionid gastropod.Bulinus coriciMathias Harzhauser Thomas A. Neubauer Oleg Mandic Martin Zuschin Stjepan Ćorić 2012 A Middle Miocene endemic freshwater mollusc assemblage from an intramontane Alpine lake (Aflenz Basin, Eastern Alps, Austria) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86 1 23–41 10.1007/s12542-011-0117-x 59424088 Sp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Bulinus.Cancellaria axelolssoniSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaPliocene (Zanclean)Cayo Agua FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Cancellaria.Cancellaria harzhauseriSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Cancellaria.Cancellaria isabelaeSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaPlioceneCayo Agua Formation Bowden Formation?Panama Jamaica?A cancellariid gastropod, a species of Cancellaria.Cancellaria mixtaSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Cancellaria.Cancellaria pilulaSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMiocene (Messinian)Nancy Point FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Cancellaria.Cancellaria sepulcralisBernard Landau Richard E. Petit Walter Etter Carlos M. da Silva 2012 New species and records of Cancellariinae (Caenogastropoda) from tropical America, together with a catalogue of Neogene to Recent species from this region Cainozoic Research 9 2 193–279 Sp. novValidLandau et al.Late MioceneCaujarao FormationVenezuelaA species of Cancellaria.Cancellaria striSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaPleistocene (Gelasian)Escudo de Veraguas FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Cancellaria.Carinaria maempeliSp. novValidJanssenMiocene (Langhian)MaltaA member of Carinariidae, a species of Carinaria.Cavolinia gattiSp. novValidJanssenMioceneItaly MaltaA member of Cavoliniidae, a species of Cavolinia.Cavolinia microbesitasSp. novValidJanssenMiocene (Langhian)MaltaA member of Cavoliniidae, a species of Cavolinia.Cerastus praeinsularisSp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanA cerastid gastropod, a species of Cerastus.Cerastus pseudoenaSp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanA cerastid gastropod, a species of Cerastus.Cerithioides angulatumSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Goniasmatidae, a species of Cerithioides.CerithiozoneGen. et sp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Goniasmatidae. The type species is Cerithiozone ornata.Cidarina lenzaniyeuensisClaudia Julia del Rio 2012 A New Early Danian Gastropod Assemblage from Northern Patagonia, Río Negro Province, Argentina Journal of Paleontology 86 6 1002–1016 10.1666/11-147R.1 2012JPal...86.1002D 198157310 11336/67831 free Sp. novValidDel RioEarly Paleocene (early Danian)Roca FormationArgentinaA species of Cidarina.Clio merijniSp. novValidJanssenOligocene (Chattian)MaltaA species of Clio.Clio vilisSp. novValidJanssenOligocene (Chattian)MaltaA species of Clio.Clione? ignotaArie W. Janssen 2012 Systematics and biostratigraphy of holoplanktonic Mollusca from the Oligo-Miocene of the Maltese Archipelago Bollettino del Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali 28 2 197–601 Arie W. Janssen 2012 Validation of holoplanktonic molluscan taxa from the Oligo-Miocene of the Maltese Archipelago, introduced in violation with ICZN regulations Cainozoic Research 9 2 187–189 Sp. novValidJanssenOligocene and MioceneItaly MaltaA member of Clionidae, possibly a species of Clione.Clione? imdinaensisSp. novValidJanssenMioceneItaly MaltaA member of Clionidae, possibly a species of Clione.Clione? phosphoritaSp. novValidJanssenOligoceneItaly MaltaA member of Clionidae, possibly a species of Clione.Clione? tripartitaSp. novValidJanssenMiocene (Langhian)MaltaA member of Clionidae, possibly a species of Clione.Clione? tumidulaSp. novValidJanssenOligocene and MioceneItaly MaltaA member of Clionidae, possibly a species of Clione.CoeloconulusGen. et sp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Trochidae. The type species is Coeloconulus panae.CossmanninaJoachim Gründel Alexander Nützel 2012 On the early evolution (Late Triassic to Late Jurassic) of the Architectibranchia (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia), with a provisional classification Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 264 1 31–59 10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0230 Gen. et comb. novValidGründel & NützelEarly Jurassic (Pliensbachian)GermanyA member of Architectibranchia belonging to the family Tubiferidae. The type species is "Actaeonina" abdominiformis Schröder (1995).CostataeniaGen. et sp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Goniasmatidae. The type species is Costataenia hayasakai.Costatrochus laubeiSp. nov ValidGründelMiddle JurassicPolandA member of Nododelphinulidae. Originally described as a species of Costatrochus; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Laubetrochus by Gründel & Hostettler (2014).Joachim Gründel Bernhard Hostettler 2014 Neue Gastropodenfunde aus dem unteren und mittleren Jura des Schweizer Juras sowie Bemerkungen zur Familie Nododelphinulidae Cox in Knight et al., 1960 Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 33 2 533–547 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/33-2/pal_33_2_07.pdf Creseis curtaSp. novValidJanssenMioceneMaltaA member of Cavolinioidea belonging to the family Creseidae, a species of Creseis.Cryptaulax redeliiSilvia Mariel Ferrari 2012 The genera Cryptaulax and Procerithium (Procerithiidae, Caenogastropoda) in the Early Jurassic of Patagonia, Argentina Alcheringa: An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology 36 3 323–336 10.1080/03115518.2012.645632 2012Alch...36..323F 129574512 11336/196734 free Sp. novValidFerrariPliensbachian or ToarcianArgentinaA procerithiid caenogastropod, a species of Cryptaulax.Cyclotopsis praecursorSp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanA pomatiid gastropod. Originally described as a species of Cyclotopsis; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Omanitopsis.Cypraedia aillanaJean-Michel Pacaud Daniel Ledon 2012 Révision des Mollusques de l'Éocène de Blaye (Gironde). 2. Description de trois espèces nouvelles de Cypraeoidea (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) Bulletin de la Société Linnéenne de Bordeaux 40 1 1–11 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/259672761 Sp. novValidPacaud & LedonEocene (Bartonian)FranceA species of Cypraedia.Cypraedia blaiaensisSp. novValidPacaud & LedonEocene (Bartonian)FranceA species of Cypraedia.Cypraedia bouilloniOlivier Gain Jacques Le Renard Laurent Belliard 2012 La Biozone des Faluns de Hauteville-Bocage (Éocène du Cotentin, France). IV. – Les Cypraeoidea (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda) Cossmanniana Hors‐Série 5 201–269 978-2-9538000-0-5 Sp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceA species of Cypraedia.Cypraedia coartataSp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEocene (Lutetian)Paris BasinFranceA species of Cypraedia.Cypraedia concinnaSp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEocene (Lutetian)Paris BasinFranceA species of Cypraedia.Cypraedia yolandaeSp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceA species of Cypraedia.Cypraeerato badenicaDirk Fehse Jozef Grego 2012 Contributions to eratoid systematics (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Trivioidea), 5. Middle Miocene, Badenian Eratoidae from Borsodbóta (Hungary) Cainozoic Research 9 1 15–63 Sp. novValidFehse & GregoMioceneFrance HungaryA member of Trivioidea belonging to the family Eratoidae, a species of Cypraeerato.Cypraeerato yolandaeSp. novValidFehse & GregoMioceneHungary PolandA member of Trivioidea belonging to the family Eratoidae, a species of Cypraeerato.Diacrolinia pumilionisSp. novValidJanssenMiocene (Burdigalian)MaltaA member of Cavoliniidae, a species of Diacrolinia.DomerioninaGen. et comb. novValidGründel & NützelEarly Jurassic (Pliensbachian)GermanyA member of Architectibranchia belonging to the family Tubiferidae. The type species is "Actaeonina" domeria Gründel & Nützel (1998).EgineaJean-Michel Pacaud Mathias Harzhauser 2012 Jponsia, Moniquia et Eginea, trois nouveaux genres de Pachychilidae (Gastropoda, Caenogastropoda) du Paléogène européen Annales du Muséum d'Histoire Naturelle de Nice XXVII 105–153 http://www.nhm-wien.ac.at/jart/prj3/nhm/data/uploads/mitarbeiter_dokumente/harzhauser/Jponsia.pdf Gen. et comb. novValidPacaud & HarzhauserEocene (Ypresian)France SpainA pachychilid gastropod. A new genus for "Melanopsis" ornata Deshayes (1862); genus also contains "Melania" almerae Vidal in Cossmann (1898).Ellatrivia goudeyiDirk Fehse Jozef Grego 2012 Contribution to the knowledge of Triviidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) XXIII. New fossil species in the genera Ellatrivia and Trivellona Records of the Western Australian Museum 27 1–6 http://museum.wa.gov.au/sites/default/files/RecWAMuseum_2012_27%281%29_001to006_FEHSEetal.pdf 10.18195/issn.0312-3162.27(1).2012.001-006 free Sp. novValidFehse & GregoPleistoceneMemana FormationAustraliaA member of Triviidae, a species of Ellatrivia.Emmericia roetzelisp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Emmericia.Engina cantauranaSp. novValidLandau & VermeijMiocene (late Burdigalian)Cantaure FormationVenezuelaA member of Buccinidae, a species of Engina.Engina gigasSp. novValidLandau & VermeijMiocene and PlioceneCercado Formation Gurabo FormationDominican RepublicA member of Buccinidae, a species of Engina.Engina latiorSp. novValidLandau & VermeijMiocene and PlioceneCercado Formation Gurabo FormationDominican RepublicA member of Buccinidae, a species of Engina.Engina moinensisSp. novValidLandau & VermeijPleistoceneGround Creek Formation Moin Formation Swan Cay FormationCosta Rica PanamaA member of Buccinidae, a species of Engina.Eoborus rotundusSp. novValidSalvador & SimonePaleoceneItaboraí FormationBrazilA strophocheilid gastropod, a species of Eoborus.Eocypraea gibbosulaSp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceEosassiaKlaus Bandel David T. Dockery III 2012 Protoconch characters of Late Cretaceous Latrogastropoda (Neogastropoda and Neomesogastropoda) as an aid in the reconstruction of the phylogeny of the Neogastropoda Paläontologie, Stratigraphie, Fazies (20), Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 542 93–128 http://www.paleoliste.de/bandel/bandel_2012.pdf Gen. et comb. novValidBandel & DockeryLate Cretaceous (Campanian)United StatesA member of Cassoidea/Tonnoidea, a new genus for "Gyrineum" gwinae Dockery (1993).Eotrivia cristataAndrea Checchi Fiorenzo Zamberlan Riccardo Alberti 2012 Eotrivia cristata sp. nov., nuova specie di Ovulide (Mollusca, Cypraeoidea) dell'Eocene di "Cava Rossi" di Monte di Malo (Vicenza, Italia Nord-orientale) Studi e Ricerche - Associazione Amici del Museo - Museo Civico "G. Zannato" Montecchio Maggiore (Vicenza) 19 21–26 https://www.academia.edu/10725771 Sp. novValidChecchi, Zamberlan & AlbertiEocene (late Ypresian/early Lutetian)ItalyA member of the family Ovulidae.EtalotrochusGen. et sp. nov ValidGründel et al.Middle JurassicGermanyA member of Nododelphinulidae. Genus includes the new species Etalotrochus latus.Euclia alacertataSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Euclia.Eucypraedia brasili radiusSubsp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceEucypraedia georgii metulaSubsp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceEucypraedia (Pacaudia)Subgen. et sp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceThe subgenus includes new species Eucypraedia (Pacaudia) expolita.Eucypraedia stillaSp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceEucypraedia tessonorumSp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceEuroprotomusGijs C. Kronenberg Mathias Harzhauser 2012 Europrotomus (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda: Strombidae): a new Middle Miocene European strombid genus (Revision of Euprotomus Gill, 1870. Part 4) Paläontologische Zeitschrift 86 2 147–159 10.1007/s12542-011-0121-1 128742076 Gen. et comb. nov ValidKronenberg & HarzhauserMioceneEuropeA strombid caenogastropod, a new genus for "Strombus" schroeckingeri. Strombus almerai (Crosse, 1885) may be a second species.FaxetrochusKai Ingemann Schnetler Pierre Lozouet 2012 A new genus and species of the Mesozoic superfamily Porcellioidea (Mollusca: Vetigastropoda) from the Danian (early Paleocene) of Faxe, Denmark Cainozoic Research 9 1 3–7 http://ingemann.schnetler.dk/pdf%20files/Schnetler%20Lozouet%202012.pdf 2016-03-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20160316210228/http://ingemann.schnetler.dk/pdf%20files/Schnetler%20Lozouet%202012.pdf 2016-03-16 dead Gen. et sp. novValidSchnetler & LozouetPaleocene (middle Danian)Corallian LimestoneDenmarkA possible member of Porcelliidae. The type species is Faxetrochus problematicus.Ferrissia crenellatasp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Ferrissia.Gamopleura pilulaSp. novValidJanssenMiocene (Burdigalian)MaltaA member of Cavoliniidae, a species of Gamopleura.Goniasma fortecarinataSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Goniasmatidae, a species of Goniasma.Goniasma? nodiferaSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Goniasmatidae, possibly a species of Goniasma.Gyraulus sachsenhoferisp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Gyraulus.Gyroscala danianaSp. novValidDel RioEarly Paleocene (early Danian)Roca FormationArgentinaA species of Gyroscala.Heliconoides vonhachtiArie W. Janssen 2012 Early Pliocene heteropods and pteropods (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from Le Puget-sur-Argens (Var), France Cainozoic Research 9 2 145–187 Sp. novValidJanssenPliocene (Zanclean)FranceA member of Limacinidae, a species of Heliconoides.Heliconoides wardijaensisSp. novValidJanssenOligocene (Chattian)MaltaA member of Limacinidae, a species of Heliconoides.Hemipolygona carrizalensisBernard Landau Geerat J. Vermeij 2012 The Peristerniinae (Mollusca: Gastropoda, Buccinoidea, Fasciolariidae) from the Neogene of Venezuela Cainozoic Research 9 1 87–99 Sp. novValidLandau & VermeijLate MioceneCaujarao FormationVenezuelaA species of Hemipolygona.Hemipolygona snyderiSp. novValidLandau & VermeijMiocene (late Burdigalian)Cantaure FormationVenezuelaA species of Hemipolygona.Hertleinia obeliscusSp. novValidLandau et al.Late MioceneCaujarao FormationVenezuelaA species of Hertleinia.Heterosubulites fusiformisSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Heterosubulitidae, a species of Heterosubulites.Heteroterma carmeloiSp. novValidDel RioEarly Paleocene (early Danian)Roca FormationArgentinaA species of Heteroterma.Hippochrenes teodoriiJ.-M. Pacaud B. Goret 2012 Première occurrence du genre Hippochrenes (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Rostellariidae) dans le Thanétien (Paléocène supérieur) de Haute-Garonne (France) et description d'une espèce nouvelle: H. teodorii nov. sp. Bulletin de la Société d'Histoire Naturelle de Toulouse 148 73–81 https://www.academia.edu/15038806 Sp. novValidPacaud & GoretPaleocene (Thanetian)FranceA member of the family Rostellariidae.JponsiaGen. et comb. novValidPacaud & HarzhauserPaleocene to Eocene (Thanetian to Bartonian)France ItalyA pachychilid gastropod. A new genus for "Melania" cuvieri Deshayes (1825); genus also contains "Cerithium" undosum Brongniart (1823), "Melanopsis" dufresnii Deshayes (1825), "Cerithium" geslini Deshayes (1833) and "Muricites" vulcanicus von Schlotheim (1820).Johnjagtia baharensisSp. novValidJanssenOligocene (Chattian)France MaltaA member of Cavolinioidea belonging to the family Cuvierinidae, a species of Johnjagtia.KaneconchaAndrzej Kaim Brian E. Tucholke Anders Warén 2012 A new Late Pliocene large provannid gastropod associated with hydrothermal venting at Kane Megamullion, Mid-Atlantic Ridge Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 10 3 423–433 10.1080/14772019.2011.607193 1912/5370 56035926 free Gen. et sp. novDisputedKaim, Tucholke & WarénLate PlioceneMid-Atlantic Ridge, Atlantic OceanA provannid gastropod. The type species is Kaneconcha knorri. Considered to be a junior synonym of the species Janthina chavani (Ludbrook, 1978) by Beu (2017).Alan G. Beu 2017 Evolution of Janthina and Recluzia (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Epitoniidae) Records of the Australian Museum 69 3 119–222 10.3853/j.2201-4349.69.2017.1666 free Knightella hydrobiformisSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Orthonemidae, a species of Knightella.LamarckofususGeerat J. Vermeij Pierre Lozouet 2012 Lamarckofusus, a new genus for a well-known Eocene gastropod and its relatives (Gastropoda, Fasciolariidae, Fusininae) Basteria. Journal of the Netherlands Malacological Society 76 1–3 81–86 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/267513517 Gen. et comb. novValidVermeij & LozouetEoceneFrance Italy PeruA member of the family Fasciolariidae. The type species is "Fusus" subcarinatus Lamarck (1803).Lanistes thaytinitiensisSp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanAn ampullariid gastropod. Originally described as a species of Lanistes; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Carnevalea.Lanistes tricarinatusSp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanAn ampullariid gastropod, a species of Lanistes.Limacina ernstkittliSp. novValidJanssenOligocene (Chattian)Germany MaltaA member of Limacinidae, a species of Limacina.Limicolaria omanensisSp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanA member of Stylommatophora belonging to the family Vidaliellidae.Mathias Harzhauser Thomas A. Neubauer Dietrich Kadolsky Martin Pickford Hartmut Nordsieck 2016 Terrestrial and lacustrine gastropods from the Priabonian (upper Eocene) of the Sultanate of Oman Paläontologische Zeitschrift 90 1 63–99 10.1007/s12542-015-0277-1 28626264 5448427 Originally described as a species of Limicolaria; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Arabicolaria.Massyla corpulentaSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMiocene (Messinian)Nancy Point FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Massyla.Massyla gavilanensisSp. novValidLandau et al.Early PliocenePunta Gavilán FormationVenezuelaA species of Massyla.Massyla toulaiSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Massyla.Mathilda quadricostataSp. nov ValidGründel et al.Middle JurassicGermanyA member of Mathildidae, a species of Mathilda.Medfrazyga convexaSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Palaeozygopleuridae, a species of Medfrazyga.Medfrazyga rectecostataSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Palaeozygopleuridae, a species of Medfrazyga.Microfulgur concheyroaeSp. novValidDel RioEarly Paleocene (early Danian)Roca FormationArgentinaA species of Microfulgur.MoniquiaGen. et comb. et sp. novValidPacaud & HarzhauserEocene (Ypresian to Bartonian)France ItalyA pachychilid gastropod. A new genus for "Cerithium" suzanna d'Orbigny (1850); genus also contains "Melanatria" guanensis Pacaud (2007), "Cerithium" pyreniforme Deshayes (1833), "Faunus" boriesi Doncieux (1908), "Cerithium" spinosum ortheziana Grateloup (1846) (raised to the rank of a separate species Moniquia ortheziana), "Cerithium" camilli de Gregorio (1880), "Cerithium" verneuillii Rouault (1850), "Cerithium" vandenheckei Bellardi (1852), "Cerithium" fodicatum Bellardi (1852) and "Cerithium" vellicatum Bellardi (1852), as well as the new species Moniquia goreti.MontreuilbellonaGen. et comb. nov ValidGründelMiddle JurassicFrance PolandA member of Calliotropinae; a new genus for "Trochus" granarius Hébert & Eudes-Deslongchamps (1860)MyusurinaGen. et comb. nov ValidGründelMiddle JurassicFrance Poland United KingdomA spinilomatine aporrhaid. A new genus for "Rostellaria" myurus Eudes-Deslongchamps (1843); genus also contains "Alaria" herinacea Piette (1867), "Alaria" laevigata Morris & Lycett (1851) and "Alaria" sublaevigata Hudleston (1888).Nanochilina japonicaSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA species of Nanochilina.Narona wiedenmeyeriSp. novValidLandau et al.Late early MioceneCantaure FormationVenezuelaA species of Narona.Nematurella zuschinisp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Nematurella.NeocolombellinaGen. et comb. novValidBandel & DockeryLate CretaceousUnited StatesA member of Cassoidea/Tonnoidea. Genus contains the type species Neocolombellina cancellata (Dockery, 1993), Neocolombellina americana (Wade, 1926) and Neocolombellina carlea (Dockery, 1993).Odontohydrobia groisenbachensissp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Odontohydrobia.Odontohydrobia pompaticaSp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Odontohydrobia.Odontohydrobia styriacaSp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Odontohydrobia.Palaeostylus attenuatusSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA species of Palaeostylus.Palaeostylus? irregularisSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanPossibly a species of Palaeostylus.Palaeostylus lateapicatusSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA species of Palaeostylus.Palaeostylus minutusSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA species of Palaeostylus.Peracle amberaeSp. novValidJanssenOligocene (Chattian)MaltaA member of Peraclidae, a species of Peracle.Peracle grebneffiSp. novValidJanssenMiocene (Langhian)Italy MaltaA member of Peraclidae, a species of Peracle.PermocerithiumGen. et sp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Propupaspiridae. The type species is Permocerithium nudum.Planorbis austroalpinusSp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Planorbis.Polygona barbascoensisSp. novValidLandau & VermeijMiocene (late Burdigalian)Cantaure FormationVenezuelaA species of Polygona.Polygona buenevaraensisSp. novValidLandau & VermeijLate MioceneCaujarao FormationVenezuelaA species of Polygona.Polygona praeanapetesSp. novValidLandau & VermeijMiocene (late Burdigalian)Cantaure FormationVenezuelaA species of Polygona.Polygona sepulcralisSp. novValidLandau & VermeijLate MioceneCaujarao FormationVenezuelaA species of Polygona.Proacirsa angulataSp. novValidGründelEarly BajocianLuxembourgA gordenellid gastropod, a species of Anoptychia.Proadusta franckiSp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFranceA member of the family Cypraeidae. Subsequently made the type species of the separate genus Romanekia.Luc Dolin Olivier Aguerre 2019 Évolution morphologique de la coquille chez les Erroneinae et les Erosariinae (Mollusca, Caenogastropoda, Cypraeoidea) à partir des genres Romanekia n. gen. du Lutétien supérieur (Éocène moyen) du Cotentin et Maestratia n. gen. du Rupélien (Oligocène inférieur) de la Chalosse (Landes) Carnets de Voyages Paléontologiques dans le Bassin Anglo-Parisien 5 141–150 978-2-9538000-5-0 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/344461315 Proadusta proceriorSp. novValidGain, Le Renard & BelliardEoceneFrancePromathildia gedliAndrzej Kaim 2012 Faunal dynamics of gastropods in the Bathonian (Middle Jurassic) ore-bearing clays at Gnaszyn, Kraków-Silesia Homocline, Poland Acta Geologica Polonica 62 3 367–380 10.2478/v10263-012-0020-0 55814871 free Sp. novValidKaimMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian)PolandA member of Mathildidae.Protatlanta kbiraensisSp. novValidJanssenMiocene (Langhian)Italy MaltaA member of Atlantidae, a species of Protatlanta.Procerithium (Infacerithum) nodosumSp. novValidFerrariPliensbachian or ToarcianArgentinaA procerithiid caenogastropod, a species of Procerithium.Procerithium (Rhabdocolpus) patagoniensisSp. novValidFerrariPliensbachian or ToarcianArgentinaA procerithiid caenogastropod, a species of Procerithium.Proconulus costatonodosusSp. nov ValidGründel et al.Middle JurassicGermanyA member of Proconulidae, a species of Proconulus.Protorcula iranicaSp. novValidNützel, Aghababalou & Senowbari-DaryanLate Triassic (Norian)Nayband FormationIranA protorculid gastropod, a species of Protorcula.Protorcula permianaSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Protorculidae, a species of Protorcula.Pyruclia? schmidtiSp. novValidLandau et al.Late MioceneUrumaco FormationVenezuelaPossibly a species of Pyruclia.Pyruclia tweedledeeSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Pyruclia.Pyruclia tweedledumSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Pyruclia.RocalariaGen. et sp. novValidDel RioEarly Paleocene (early Danian)Roca FormationArgentinaPossibly a member of Fasciolariidae. The type species is Rocalaria alani.Romania fastigataSpecies ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Romania.RugalindritesNom. novValidGründel & NützelMiddle JurassicUnited KingdomA member of Architectibranchia belonging to the family Cylindrobullinidae; a replacement name for Cylindrites Morris & Lycett (1851)."Serradonta" kimberleyaeKristian P. Saether Crispin T. S. Little Bruce A. Marshall Kathleen A. Campbell 2012 Systematics and palaeoecology of a new fossil limpet (Patellogastropoda: Pectinodontidae) from Miocene hydrocarbon seep deposits, East Coast Basin, North Island, New Zealand with an overview of known fossil seep pectinodontids Molluscan Research 32 1 1–15 http://www.mapress.com/mr/content/v32/2012f/n1p015.htm Sp. novValidSaether et al.MioceneNew ZealandA pectinodontid gastropod, possibly a species of Serradonta.SinespiritesGen. et comb. novValidGründel & NützelMiddle Jurassic (Bathonian)FranceA member of Architectibranchia belonging to the family Cylindrobullinidae. The type species is "Bulla" thorentea Buvignier in Sauvage & Buvignier (1842).Stagnicola reinholdkunziSp nov ValidHarzhauser & Neubauer in Harzhauser et al.Middle MioceneFeistring FormationAustriaA species of Stagnicola.Stegocoelia akasakaensisSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Goniasmatidae, a species of Stegocoelia.Streptacis orientalisSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA species of Streptacis.Styliola schembriorumSp. novValidJanssenMiocene (Langhian)Italy MaltaA member of Cavolinioidea belonging to the family Creseidae, a species of Styliola.Subepona promecesSp. novValidPacaud & LedonEocene (Bartonian)FranceA member of the family Cypraeidae belonging to the subfamily Erosariinae and the tribe Cyproglobinini.Succinea omanensisSp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanA succineid gastropod. Originally described as a species of Succinea; subsequently made the type species of a separate genus Eoquickia.Sulcobuccinum prominentumSp. novValidDel RioEarly Paleocene (early Danian)Roca FormationArgentinaA species of Sulcobuccinum.Teutonica? natanzensisSp. novValidNützel, Aghababalou & Senowbari-DaryanLate Triassic (Norian)Nayband FormationIranA polygyrinid gastropod, possibly a species of Teutonica.TorusaninaGen. et comb. novValidGründelLate JurassicWestern EuropeA pseudomelaniid gastropod, a new genus for "Melania" heddingtonensis Sowerby (1813) and a few other species.Trilemma kremenkenseI. V. Blagovetshenskiy I. V. Shumilkin 2012 Gastropods of the family Aporrhaidae from the Lower Cretaceous of Ulyanovsk, Volga Region Paleontological Journal 46 4 343–353 10.1134/S003103011204003X 128724195 Sp. novValidBlagovetshenskiy in Blagovetshenskiy & ShumilkinEarly CretaceousRussiaA member of Aporrhaidae, a species of Trilemma.Trilemma polivnenseSp. novValidBlagovetshenskiy in Blagovetshenskiy & ShumilkinEarly CretaceousRussiaA member of Aporrhaidae, a species of Trilemma.Trilemma tenuicarinatumSp. novValidBlagovetshenskiy in Blagovetshenskiy & ShumilkinEarly CretaceousRussiaA member of Aporrhaidae. Originally described as a species of Trilemma; Cataldo (2014) considered it to be a species of Ceratosiphon.Cecilia S. Cataldo 2014 The gastropod family Aporrhaidae in the Lower Cretaceous of the Neuquén Basin, west-central Argentina Journal of Paleontology 88 6 1222–1239 10.1666/13-182 2014JPal...88.1222C 130258523 11336/18450 free Triloba pappiThomas Schnabel 2012 A fossil Triloba species from Macedonia and its relationships to the recent species of the genus (Gastropoda: Pulmonata: Clausiliidae) Archiv für Molluskenkunde 141 1 35–42 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/141/035-042 Sp. novValidSchnabelLate MioceneMacedoniaA member of Clausiliidae. Originally described as a species of Triloba, but subsequently transferred to the genus Protriloba.Hartmut Nordsieck 2014 Annotated check-list of the genera of fossil land snails (Gastropoda: Stylommatophora) of western and central Europe (Cretaceous – Pliocene), with description of new taxa Archiv für Molluskenkunde 143 2 153–185 10.1127/arch.moll/1869-0963/143/153-185 Trivellona felixlorenziSp. novValidFehse & GregoMiddle MioceneFyansford FormationAustraliaA member of Triviidae, a species of Trivellona.Trochonodus permianusSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA species of Trochonodus.Trochozonites arabicaSp. novValidNeubert & van DammeEocene (late Priabonian)Zalumah FormationOmanA helicarionid gastropod, a species of Trochozonites.Trypanocochlea parvaSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA species of Trypanocochlea.TuberotropisGen. et sp. et comb. nov ValidGründel et al.Middle JurassicGermanyA member of Calliotropinae. Genus includes the new species Tuberotropis tuberosus, as well as "Littorina" staffelbergensis Kuhn (1938).Turbo fakaauensisJ. Tröndlé J. Letourneux 2012 Description de Turbo fakaauensis n. sp. (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Turbinidae) du Pléistocène de Niau, Tuamotu (Polynésie francaise) Novapex 13 2 87–90 Sp. novValidTröndlé & LetourneuxPleistoceneFrench PolynesiaA species of Turbo.Vebericochlis mazaeviSp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA species of Vebericochlis.Ventrilia coatesiSp. novValidLandau, Petit & Da SilvaMioceneGatun FormationPanamaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Ventrilia.Ventrilia puntagavilanensisSp. novValidLandau et al.Early PliocenePunta Gavilán FormationVenezuelaA cancellariid gastropod, a species of Ventrilia.YochelsonistylusGen. et 2 sp. novValidNützel & NakazawaPermian (Capitanian)Akasaka LimestoneJapanA member of Orthonemidae. The type species is Yochelsonistylus felixi; genus also contains Yochelsonistylus seussae. Other molluscs Name Novelty Status Authors Age Unit Location Notes Images Acila (Truncacila) castagniEnric Forner i Valls 2012 Una nova espècie del gènere Acila (Bivalvia: Nuculidae) de l'Aptià (Cretaci Inf.) de la Conca del Maestrat Nemus: Revista de l'Ateneu de Natura 2 9–14 https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=4096424 Sp. nov Valid Forner i Valls Early Cretaceous (Aptian) Spain A bivalve belonging to the family Nuculidae Amicula solivagaMichael J. Vendrasco Douglas J. Eernisse Charles L. Powell II Christine Z. Fernandez 2012 Polyplacophora (Mollusca) from the San Diego Formation: a remarkable assemblage of fossil chitons from the Pliocene of Southern California Contributions in Science 520 15–72 10.5962/p.241291 127898021 http://stage.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS520.15-72.pdf 2019-08-29 2019-08-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20190829152043/https://stage.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS520.15-72.pdf dead Sp. nov Valid Vendrasco et al. Pliocene San Diego United States A chiton belonging to the family Mopaliidae, a species of Amicula AnetshellaA. V. Mazaev 2012 Anetshelloida, a new Rostroconch order (Mollusca: Rostroconchia) Paleontological Journal 46 2 121–131 10.1134/S0031030112020074 85190300 Gen. et comb. nov Valid Mazaev Middle Permian (Kazanian) Russia A member of Rostroconchia; a new genus for "Lepetopsis" golowkinskyi Netchaev (1894) Anodonta kobiwakoensisKatsuyoshi Baba Masaki Matsukawa 2012 Anodonta kobiwakoensis (Bivalvia, Unionidae), a new replacement name for Cucullaea ponderosa Yokoyama, 1925 Bulletin of Tokyo Gakugei University, Division of Natural Sciences 64 129–133 2309/131824 Nom. nov Valid Baba & Matsukawa Pliocene Koka Formation Japan A species of Anodonta; a replacement name for Cucullaea ponderosa Yokoyama (1925) Aphanaia precursaC. R. González J. B. Waterhouse 2012 Carboniferous atomodesmids (Mollusca) from central Patagonia, Argentina Geologica et Palaeontologica 44 27–36 Sp. nov Valid González & Waterhouse Carboniferous Argentina A bivalve, a species of Aphanaia Asoella campbellorumSusana E. Damborenea Miguel O. Manceñido 2012 Late Triassic bivalves and brachiopods from southern Mendoza, Argentina Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève spécial 11 317–344 http://www.ville-ge.ch/mhng/paleo/paleo-pdf/spec-11/pal-spec-11-22.pdf Sp. nov Valid Damborenea in Damborenea & Manceñido Late Triassic Argentina An asoellid bivalve, a species of Asoella Atomodesma? amleri Sp. nov Valid González & Waterhouse Carboniferous Argentina A bivalve, possibly a species of Atomodesma Callistochiton sphaerae Sp. nov Valid Vendrasco et al. Pliocene San Diego United States A chiton belonging to the family Ischnochitonidae, a species of Callistochiton Erycina johnjagti Sp nov Valid Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte Early Oligocene Netherlands A bivalve, a species of Erycina Eumorphotis ericiusMichael Hautmann Andrew B. Smith Alistair J. McGowan Hugo Bucher 2013 Bivalves from the Olenekian (Early Triassic) of south-western Utah: systematics and evolutionary significance Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 11 3 263–293 10.1080/14772019.2011.637516 84780803 Sp. nov Valid Hautmann et al. Early Triassic (Olenekian) Moenkopi United States A bivalve, a species of Eumorphotis Eumorphotis virginensis Sp. nov Valid Hautmann et al. Early Triassic (Olenekian) Moenkopi United States A bivalve, a species of Eumorphotis Glycymeris (Chevronia) caproensaeR. Marquet J. Lenaerts J. Laporte 2012 A systematic study of the Bivalvia (Mollusca) from the Grimmertingen Sand Member and from the Klimmen Member (Early Oligocene) in Belgium and The Netherlands Palaeontos 22 1–118 http://www.palaeontos.be/22/det22.html Sp nov Valid Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte Early Oligocene Belgium A bivalve, a species of Glycymeris HannestheroniaJakob Vinther Peter Jell George Kampouris Ryan Carney Rachel A. Racicot Derek E. G. Briggs 2012 The origin of multiplacophorans – convergent evolution in Aculiferan molluscs Palaeontology 55 5 1007–1019 10.1111/j.1475-4983.2012.01180.x 2012Palgy..55.1007V 53411792 free Gen. et sp. nov Valid Vinther et al. Devonian South Africa A multiplacophoran. The type species is Hannestheronia australis. Kolymia astafievaeA. S. Biakov 2012 New Inoceramus-like bivalves of the genus Kolymia Licharew from the Middle Permian of Northeast Asia Paleontological Journal 46 6 552–559 10.1134/S0031030112060032 129646256 Sp. nov Valid Biakov Permian (Wordian) Russia An Inoceramus-like bivalve belonging to the family Kolymiidae Kolymia churavtsovi Sp. nov Valid Biakov Permian (Roadian) Beglyi Russia An Inoceramus-like bivalve belonging to the family Kolymiidae Kolymia gydanensis Sp. nov Valid Biakov Permian (Wordian) Omolon Russia An Inoceramus-like bivalve belonging to the family Kolymiidae Kolymia milievskyi Sp. nov Valid Biakov Permian (Roadian) Beglyi Russia An Inoceramus-like bivalve belonging to the family Kolymiidae Kolymia taskanica Sp. nov Valid Biakov Permian (Roadian) Omolon Russia An Inoceramus-like bivalve belonging to the family Kolymiidae KulindroplaxMark D. Sutton Derek E. G. Briggs David J. Siveter Derek J. Siveter Julia D. Sigwart 2012 A Silurian armoured aplacophoran and implications for molluscan phylogeny Nature 490 7418 94–97 10.1038/nature11328 23038472 2012Natur.490...94S 4422386 Gen. et sp. nov Valid Sutton et al. Silurian Herefordshire United Kingdom A member of Aplacophora. The type species is Kulindroplax perissokomos. Leionucula melvilleanaRowan J. Whittle Fernanda Quaglio J. Alistair Crame Katrin Linse 2012 Nuculidae (Bivalvia) in the Cape Melville Formation, King George Island, Antarctica, with an overview of the bivalve fauna Antarctic Science 24 6 625–633 10.1017/S0954102012000454 2012AntSc..24..625W 54054277 http://nora.nerc.ac.uk/20594/1/displayFulltext.pdf Sp. nov Valid Whittle et al. Early Miocene Cape Melville Antarctica A nuculid bivalve, a species of Leionucula Lepidozona kanakoffi Sp. nov Valid Vendrasco et al. Pliocene San Diego United States A chiton belonging to the family Ischnochitonidae, a species of Lepidozona Leptochondria nuetzeli Sp. nov Valid Hautmann et al. Early Triassic (Olenekian) Moenkopi United States A bivalve, a species of Leptochondria Limopsis (Pectunculina) albrechtvalki Sp. nov Valid Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte Early Oligocene Belgium A bivalve, a species of Limopsis Limopsis demereiRichard L. Squires 2012 Additions to Late Cretaceous shallow-marine limopsid bivalves and neogastropods from California Contributions in Science 520 5–14 10.5962/p.214391 149453714 http://stage.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS520.5-14.pdf 2019-08-29 2019-08-29 https://web.archive.org/web/20190829152236/https://stage.nhm.org/site/sites/default/files/pdf/contrib_science/CS520.5-14.pdf dead Sp. nov Valid Squires Late Cretaceous (late Campanian, possibly also early Maastrichtian) Point Loma United States A bivalve belonging to the family Limopsidae, a species of Limopsis Oriocrassatella piauiensisLuiz E. Anelli Marcello G. Simões Carlos Roberto González Paulo A. Souza 2012 A new Pennsylvanian Oriocrassatellinae from Brazil and the distribution of the genus Oriocrassatella in space and time Geodiversitas 34 3 489–504 10.5252/g2012n3a2 54210339 https://zenodo.org/record/5371944 Sp. nov Valid Anelli et al. Carboniferous (Bashkirian to Moscovian) Piauí Brazil A crassatellid bivalve, a species of Oriocrassatella Palindonaia oligocenica Sp. nov Valid Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte Early Oligocene Belgium A bivalve, a species of Palindonaia Parasarcolites sohliSimon F. Mitchell Michael Martíinez-Colón Ryan Ramsook Hernan Santos 2012 A primitive tube-bearing antillocaprinid rudist bivalve, Parasarcolites sohli sp. nov, from Jamaica and Puerto Rico, West Indies Cretaceous Research 34 149–153 10.1016/j.cretres.2011.10.013 Sp. nov Valid Mitchell et al. Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) El Rayo Formation JamaicaUnited States(Puerto Rico) A rudist bivalve. Planikellya nassauensis Sp. nov Valid Marquet, Lenaerts & Laporte Early Oligocene BelgiumNetherlands A bivalve, a species of Planikellya Pleuromya prima Sp. nov Valid Hautmann et al. Early Triassic (Olenekian) Moenkopi United States A bivalve, a species of Pleuromya Protobalanus spinicoronatus Sp. nov Valid Vinther et al. Devonian United States A multiplacophoran, a species of Protobalanus Pseudocatillus nevesskayaeDaniela Esu Sergey Valentinovich Popov 2012 Revision of late Messinian Lymnocardiinae (Bivalvia) from Piedmont (NW Italy) Rivista Italiana di Paleontologia e Stratigrafia 118 2 343–356 http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/abstracts-vol-118-2-2012 2015-04-01 https://web.archive.org/web/20150402180858/http://www.rivistaitalianadipaleontologia.it/pub/index.php/abstracts-vol-118-2-2012 2015-04-02 dead Sp. nov Valid Esu & Popov Late Messinian Italy A lymnocardiine cockle, a species of Pseudocatillus Pseudolimea riccardii Sp. nov Valid Damborenea in Damborenea & Manceñido Late Triassic Argentina A limid bivalve, a species of Pseudolimea Pterotrigonia flavaMiguel Griffin Augusto N. Varela 2012 Systematic palaeontology and taphonomic significance of the mollusc fauna from the Mata Amarilla Formation (lower Upper Cretaceous), southern Patagonia, Argentina Cretaceous Research 37 164–176 10.1016/j.cretres.2012.03.016 2012CrRes..37..164G 11336/72421 free Sp. nov Valid Griffin & Valera Cenomanian Mata Amarilla Argentina A trigoniid bivalve, a species of Pterotrigonia Sementiconcha Gen. et sp. nov Valid Hautmann et al. Early Triassic (Olenekian) Moenkopi United States A myophoricardiid bivalve. The type species is Sementiconcha recuperator. Steinmanella subquadrataLeticia Luci Darío Gustavo Lazo 2012 The genus Steinmanella Crickmay (Bivalvia) in the transition between the Vaca Muerta and Mulichinco Formations, early Valanginian, Neuquén Basin, Argentina Ameghiniana 49 1 96–117 http://www.ameghiniana.org.ar/index.php/ameghiniana/article/view/447 10.5710/amgh.v49i1(447) 56360282 subscription 11336/68205 free Sp. nov Valid Luci & Lazo Early Cretaceous (Berriasian and Valanginian) QuintucoVaca Muerta Argentina A bivalve belonging to the group Myophorelloidea and the family Steinmanellidae. Originally described as a species of Steinmanella, but subsequently transferred to the genus Garatella.Michael R. Cooper Héctor A. Leanza 2017 On the Steinmanellidae (Bivalvia: Myophorelloidea); their palaeo-biogeography, evolution and classification Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 285 3 313–335 10.1127/njgpa/2017/0683 11336/47615 free References 3 Category:Prehistoric molluscs Category:2012 in paleontology