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Lemintina

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2327418	https://www.gbif.org/species/2327418
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10042	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10042

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Vermetidae : Lemintina

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Vermetidae : Lemintina

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	Vermetoidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Vermetidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Lemintina	Risso 1826

Scientific Name

Lemintina Risso, 1826

Name Published In

H. N. Europe, 4

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Lemintina	subgenus	belongs to Vermetus	stated with evidence	Rutsch, 1934
Lemintina	subgenus	belongs to Vermetus	stated without evidence	Oostingh, 1935
Lemintina	genus	belongs to Vermetidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1947
Lemintina	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

70.6 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Vermetidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Vermetidae)

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Lemintina goniodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Lemintina rugosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1826	Lemintina Risso
1934	Vermetus (Lemintina) Rutsch p. 161
1935	Vermetus (Lemintina) Oostingh p. 6
1947	Lemintina Gardner p. 584
1948	Lemintina Gardner p. 200
2002	Lemintina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Oostingh C. H. (1935) Die Mollusken des Pliozäns von Boemiajoe (Java), Dienst van den Mijnbouw in Nederlandsch-Indië Wetenschappelijke Mededeelingen 26, 1-247

Gardner J. R. (1947) The Molluscan Fauna of the Alum Bluff Group of Florida, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 142A-H, 1-709

Gardner J. A. (1948) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 B, 179-310

Bieler, R.; Petit, R. E. (2011). Catalogue of Recent and fossil “worm-snail” taxa of the families Vermetidae, Siliquariidae, and Turritellidae (Mollusca: Caenogastropoda). Zootaxa. 2948, 1-103. - via World Register of Marine Species

Fauchald, K. (2007). World Register of Polychaeta. - via World Register of Marine Species

Bieler & Petit, 2011 - 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

refer synonym source - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

H. N. Europe, 4 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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