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Trichotropis

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Description

Trichotropis is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Capulidae, the cap snails.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotropis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2300882	https://www.gbif.org/species/2300882
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10605	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10605

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : Trichotropis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Capulidae : Trichotropis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Capuloidea	Fleming 1822
family	Capulidae	Fleming 1822
genus	Trichotropis	Sowerby & Broderip

Scientific Name

Trichotropis Sowerby & Broderip

Name Published In

Broderip W.J. & Sowerby I G. B. (1829). Observations on new or intersting mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal. 4: 359-379.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Trichotropis	genus	belongs to Trichotropidae	stated without evidence	Durham, 1944
Trichotropis	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Trichotropis	genus	belongs to Capulidae	stated with evidence	Rosenberg, 2005

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (67%)

First Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

facultatively mobile, attached (based on Capulidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Capulidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trichotropis

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Trichotropis (Provanna) subgenus	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Trichotropis alba species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis alienensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Trichotropis bicarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis borealis species	listed (PBDB)		9	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Trichotropis cancellata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis capensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis cedonulli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis clathrata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis conica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis crassicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis fuscoapicata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis goweri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis migrans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis mississippiensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis patagonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis pulcherrima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis quadricarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis shumardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis squamosa species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	83.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	70.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Trichotropis subsuratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis townsendi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis tricarinata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Trichotropis turrita species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trichotropis zuluensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Trichotropus Lesson, 1834	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : *Trichotropus*
Trichotopis Mörch, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : *Trichotopis*
Tricotropis Nomura & Hatai, 1935	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : *Tricotropis*
Trochophorus Herrmannsen, 1849	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : *Trochophorus*
Trichitropus Brown, 1844	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : *Trichitropus*
Trychotropis Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Capulidae : *Trychotropis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1829	Trichotropis Broderip and Sowerby
1944	Trichotropis Durham p. 162
1970	Trichotropis Addicott p. 59
1974	Trichotropis Abbott p. 138
2002	Trichotropis Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Trichotropis Rosenberg

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Durham J. W. (1944) Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27, 101 -212

Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172

Rosenberg G. (2005) Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca, [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Zool. J., 4 (15) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Broderip W.J. & Sowerby I G. B. (1829). Observations on new or intersting mollusca contained, for the most part, in the Museum of the Zoological Society. Zoological Journal. 4: 359-379. - via World Register of Marine Species

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

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