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Longoconcha eumeka ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)383120https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=383120
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Longoconcha : Longoconcha eumeka
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyMuricoideade Costa 1776
familyVolutidaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyVolutoderminaePilsbry and Olsson 1941
genusLongoconchaStephenson 1941
speciesLongoconcha eumekaSaul and Squires 2008
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Longoconcha eumekaspeciesbelongs to Longoconchastated with evidenceSaul and Squires, 2008
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Last Recorded Appearance83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous
Motilityactively mobile (based on Volutidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Volutidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)L. R. Saul and R. L. Squires. 2008. Volutoderminae (Gastropoda: Volutidae) of Coniacian through Maastrichtian age from the North American Pacific Slope. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):213-237

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2008Longoconcha eumeka Saul and Squires p. 233 figs. Figure 11.1–11.8

References

Saul L. R., Squires R. L. (2008) Volutoderminae (Gastropoda: Volutidae) of Coniacian through Maastrichtian age from the North American Pacific Slope, Journal of Paleontology 82 2, 213-237 doi:10.1666/06-010.1
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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