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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4362800	https://www.gbif.org/species/4362800
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9795	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9795

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Eglisia

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
-	Ptenoglossa
superfamily	Epitonioidea	(Berry 1910)
family	Epitoniidae	Berry 1910
genus	Eglisia	Gray 1842

Scientific Name

Eglisia Gray, 1842

Name Published In

Gray J.E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eglisia	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Eglisia	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Motility

slow-moving (based on Epitoniidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Epitoniidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Epitoniidae)

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)
Eglisia aspera species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eglisia brunnea species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eglisia cumingii species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eglisia elegans species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eglisia lanceolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eglisia nebulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eglisia retisculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eglisia spirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eglisia tricarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Eglisea Paetel, 1875	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Eglisea*
Eglesia Zittel, 1882	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Eglesia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1847	Eglisia Gray
1993	Eglisia Wilson p. 275
2002	Eglisia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

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

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Aphia2006 - 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

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

NZ cross ref or inferred from publ. title - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

Gray J.E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p. - via World Register of Marine Species

Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188. - via World Register of Marine Species

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 44 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Boss, 1982 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Syn. Cont. Brit. Mus., ed. 42 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Gray J.E. (1847). A list of the genera of recent mollusca, their synonyma and types. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London. 15: 129-219. - 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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