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Zachrysia
| Description | Zachrysia is a genus of air-breathing land snails, terrestrial pulmonate gastropod mollusks in the family Camaenidae or Pleurodontidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachrysia, 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 : Zachrysiidae : Zachrysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Camaenidae : Zachrysia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Common Name | land snail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scientific Name | Zachrysia Pilsbry, 1894 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Philad., 78, 71, 77, . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Environment | terrestrial (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Roth. 1988. Camaenid land snails (Gastropoda: Pulmonata) from the Eocene of southern California and their bearing on the history of the American Camaenidae. Transactions of the San Diego Society of Natural History 21(12):203-220 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | Land Snail | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zachrysia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Zachrysia auricoma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia baracoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia bayamensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia castanea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia fraterna ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Zachrysia guanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia proboscidea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia provisoria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia ramsdeni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia torrei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Zachrysia trinitaria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1894 | Zachrysia Pilsbry |
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!
