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Sulcoactaeon

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)12014https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=12014
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Architectibranchia : Bullinidae : Sulcoactaeon
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderHeterostropha
orderArchitectibranchiaHaszprunar 1985
superfamilyActeonoidead'Orbigny 1835
familyBullinidaeLamarck 1801
genusSulcoactaeon
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sulcoactaeongenusbelongs to Cephalaspidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Sulcoactaeongenusbelongs to Bullinidaestated without evidenceGründel and Kaim, 2006
Sulcoactaeongenusbelongs to Bullinidaestated with evidenceGründel and Nützel, 2012
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance176 - 172 Ma
Jurassic
Last Recorded Appearance125 - 113 Ma
Early/Lower Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Acteonoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Acteonoidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sulcoactaeon striata
species
listed (PBDB)2166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
166 Ma
Middle Jurassic
Sulcoactaeon viadrinus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1161 Ma
Jurassic
161 Ma
Jurassic

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1997Ragactaeon Gründel p. 194 figs. pl. 7, figs. 4-7
2002Sulcoactaeon Sepkoski, Jr.
2006Sulcoactaeon Gründel and Kaim p. 150
2012Sulcoactaeon Gründel and Nützel pp. 47 - 48

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Gründel J. (1997) Heterostropha (Gastropoda) aus dem Dogger Norddeutschlands und Nordpolens. III. Opisthobranchia, Berliner geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe E 25, 177-223
Gründel J., Kaim A. (2006) Shallow-water gastropods from Late Oxfordian sands in Kleby (Pomerania, Poland), Acta Geologica Polonica 56 2, 121-157
Gründel J., Nützel A. (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 doi:10.1127/0077-7749/2012/0230
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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