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Janulus ✝
| Description | Janulus is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Gastrodontidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janulus, 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 : Gastrodontidae : Janulus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Gastrodontidae : Janulus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Janulus Lowe, 1852 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (2) 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 13.7 - 12.8 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 7.25 - 5.33 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Harzhauser, T. A. Neubauer, and E. Georgopoulou, D. Esu, C. D.’Amico, G. Pavia, P. Giuntelli, G. Carnevale, H. Nordsieck. 2015. Late Messinian continental and Lago-Mare gastropods from the Tertiary Piedmont Basin, NW Italy. Bollettino della Società Paleontologica Italiana 54(1):1-53 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janulus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Janulus angustiumbilicatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus austriacus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus bifrons species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus decorosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus densestriatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus disparilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus germainae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus gottschicki species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus gyrorbis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus moersingensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus olisipponensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus pompylius species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus rysa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus schottleri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus spadinii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 7.25 Ma Miocene | 7.25 Ma Miocene | |
| Janulus stephanophorus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus striatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus supracostatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus suttonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Janulus traviesus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1852 | Janulus Lowe |
| 2015 | Janulus Harzhauser et al. |
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!
