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Astyris

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Description

Astyris is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.

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

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2305727	https://www.gbif.org/species/2305727
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10795	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10795

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Astyris

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
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Columbellidae	Swainson 1840
genus	Astyris	H.Adams & A.Adams 1853

Scientific Name

Astyris H.Adams & A.Adams, 1853

Name Published In

Gen. Moll., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Astyris	subgenus	belongs to Amycla	stated without evidence	Conrad, 1862
Astyris	subgenus	belongs to Columbella	stated without evidence	Martin, 1904
Astyris	subgenus	belongs to Columbella	stated with evidence	Richards, 1962
Astyris	genus	belongs to Columbellidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Astyris	genus	belongs to Neogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

3 (43%)

First Recorded Appearance

61.6 - 59.2 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Columbellidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Columbellidae)

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/Astyris

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Amycla communis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris acanthodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris amiantis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris amphissella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris angeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris appressa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris atacamensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris balzari species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris bonariensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris communis species	listed (PBDB)		18	23.0 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Astyris costata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris crumena species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris dalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris delannoyei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris diaphana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris dicaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris eluthera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris embusa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris enida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris euribia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris frumarkernorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris georgiana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris hartmanni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris hervillardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris hypodra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris joseantonioi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris kobai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris labecula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris lappanni species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Astyris lattis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris lioneli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris lunata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		38	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Astyris multilineata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris perlucida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris profundi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris projecta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris pura species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris raveneli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris rechonchuda species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris rolani species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris rosacea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris sagenata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris salmonea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris spizantha species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris stemma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris suavis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris thermophilus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris verrilli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris vidua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Astyris winslowi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella (Astyris) constantia ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Columbella (Astyris) kirkensis species	listed (PBDB)				0 Ma Extant
Columbella (Astyris) sulculata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Columbella constantia species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Columbella sulculata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Asturis Friele & Grieg, 1901	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : *Asturis*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1853	Astyris Adams and Adams
1862	Amycla (Astyris) Conrad p. 287
1904	Columbella (Astyris) Martin p. 199
1916	Columbella (Astyris) Moody p. 53
1962	Columbella (Astyris) Richards p. 81
2001	Astyris Todd
2002	Astyris Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269

Moody C. L. (1916) Fauna of the Fernando of Los Angeles, University of California, Bulletin of the Department of Geology 10 4, 39-62

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

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)

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gen. Moll., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

Cossmann, M. (1901). Essais de paléoconchologie comparée. Quatrième livraison. Paris, The author and Société d'Éditions Scientifiques. 293 pp., 10 pls. - 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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