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Pterotyphis
| Description | Pterotyphis is a genus of predatory sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Muricidae, the rock snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterotyphis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Pterotyphis | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Pterotyphis Jousseaume, 1880 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Rev. Mag. Zool., (3) 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 11 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 8 (73%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Muricidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Muricidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Pterotyphis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Pterotyphis (Prototyphis) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 37.2 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pterotyphis (Pterotyphis) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 4 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pterotyphis (Tripterotyphis) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Pterotyphis calhounensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterotyphis fimbriatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterotyphis pinnatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Pterotyphis ryalli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Trigonotyphis fimbriatus species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Trigonotyphis Jousseaume, 1881 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Trigonotyphis |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1880 | Perotyphis Jousseaume |
| 1880 | Pterotyphis Jousseaume p. 336 |
| 1881 | Pterotyphis Jousseaume p. 367 |
| 1882 | Trigonotyphis Jousseaume p. 339 |
| 1969 | Pterotyphis Gertman p. 182 |
| 2001 | Pterotyphis Todd |
| 2002 | Perotyphis Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
