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Anguispira
| Description | Anguispira is a genus of small air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Discidae, the disk snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguispira, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Discidae : Anguispira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Discidae : Anguispira | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Anguispira Morse, 1864 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | J. Portland Soc. Nat. Hist., 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 28.4 - 16.0 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Roth and K. C. Emberton. 1994. "Extralimital" Land Mollusks (Gastropoda) from the Deep\r\nRiver Formation, Montana:\r\nEvidence for Mesic Medial Tertiary Climate. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 145:93-106 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anguispira |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Anguispira alabama species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira alternata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira cumberlandiana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira eyerdami species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira fergusoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira holroydensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira jessica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira knoxensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira kochi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira macneilli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira mordax species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira nimapuna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira picta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira rugoderma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira russelli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira stihleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira strongylodes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Anguispira strongyloides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Angiuspira Baker, 1931 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Discidae : Angiuspira |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1864 | Anguispira Morse |
| 1994 | Anguispira Roth and Emberton |
References
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!
