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Galeodea meganosensis ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)10008798https://www.gbif.org/species/10008798
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)385092https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=385092
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cassidae : Galeodea : Galeodea meganosensis
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cassidae : Galeodea : Galeodea meganosensis
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyCassidaeLatreille 1825
subfamilyCassinaeLatreille 1825
genusGaleodeaLink 1807
speciesGaleodea meganosensisH.E.Vokes 1939
Generic NameGaleodea
Scientific NameGaleodea meganosensis H.E.Vokes, 1939
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Galeodea meganosensisspeciesbelongs to Galeodeastated with evidenceVokes, 1939
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance56.0 - 47.8 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cassidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cassidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Squires. 2019. Revision of Eocene warm-water cassid gastropods from coastal southwestern North America: implications for paleobiogeographic distribution and faunal-turnover. PaleoBios 36:1-22

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Galeodea sutterensis meganosensis H.E.Vokes, 1939GBIFsubspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Cassidae : Galeodea : Galeodea sutterensis meganosensis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1939Galeodea meganosensis Vokes

References

Squires R. L. (2019) Revision of Eocene warm-water cassid gastropods from coastal southwestern North America: implications for paleobiogeographic distribution and faunal-turnover, PaleoBios 36, 1-22 doi:https://escholarship.org/uc/item/9bw9c80g
Squires R.L. (2019). Revision of Eocene warm-water cassid gastropods from coastal southwestern North America: implications for paleobiogeographic distribution and faunal-turnover. PaleoBios. 36. ucmp_paleobios_43434. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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