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Ramina

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)3245444https://www.gbif.org/species/3245444
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)10400https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10400
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudomelaniidae : Ramina
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Pseudomelaniidae : Ramina
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
familyPseudomelaniidaeCossmann 1909
genusRaminaWenz 1938
Scientific NameRamina Wenz, 1938
Name Published InHandb. Paläozool., (3) 6
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Raminagenusbelongs to Pseudomelaniidaestated with evidenceTong and Erwin, 2001
Raminagenusbelongs to Neotaenioglossasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance247 - 242 Ma
Triassic
Last Recorded Appearance242 - 237 Ma
Middle Triassic
Motilityactively mobile (based on Turridae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Turridae)
Taphonomyaragonite (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

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Macrochilina ptychitica
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ramina ptychitica
species
listed (PBDB)2247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic
242 Ma
Middle Triassic

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Rama Böhm, 1895GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pseudomelaniidae : Rama

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1895Rama Böhm p. 294
2001Ramina Tong and Erwin p. 30
2002Ramina Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Böhm J. Die Gastropoden des Marmolatakalkes, Palaeontographica 42, 211-308
Tong J., Erwin D.H. (2001) Triassic gastropods of the southern Qinling Mountains, China, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 92, 1-47
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
Handb. Paläozool., (3) 6 - 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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