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Limnaea
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Limnaea | ||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | ||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (33%) | ||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 140 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | ||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Hislop. 1859. On the Tertiary deposits, associated with trap-rock, in the East Indes. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16:154-182 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Limnaea attenuata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Limnaea auricularia species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Limnaea oviformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Limnaea spina ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Limnaea telankhediensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
References
Hislop S. On the Tertiary deposits, associated with trap-rock, in the East Indes, Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 16, 154-182 |
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!