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Chorus

Description

Chorus may refer to:


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4364266https://www.gbif.org/species/4364266
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)10916https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10916
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Chorus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Thaisidae : Chorus
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
familyThaisidaeDall
genusChorusGray 1847
Scientific NameChorus Gray, 1847
Name Published InGray 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.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Chorusgenusbelongs to Thaisidaestated without evidenceOlsson, 1931
Chorussubgenusbelongs to Acanthinastated with evidenceOlsson, 1932
Chorussubgenusbelongs to Rapanastated with evidenceWenz, 1941
Chorusgenusbelongs to Thaisidaestated with evidenceMarks, 1951
Chorusgenusbelongs to Neogastropodasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Chorusgenusbelongs to Muricidaestated without evidenceNielson and Valdovinos, 2008
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)6
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (33%)
First Recorded Appearance37.2 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Motilityslow-moving (based on Thaisidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Thaisidae)
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
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chorus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Chorus carisaensis
species
listed (PBDB)116.0 Ma
Miocene
16.0 Ma
Miocene
Chorus giganteus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
23.60 Ma
Pliocene
0 Ma
Extant
Chorus meroensis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
237.2 Ma
Eocene
28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Chorus sula
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
333.9 Ma
Oligocene
23.0 Ma
Miocene

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Choreis Paetel, 1875GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Choreis

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1847Chorus Gray
1931Chorus Olsson p. 106
1932Acanthina (Chorus) Olsson p. 185
1941Rapana (Chorus) Wenz p. 1038
1951Chorus Marks p. 390
2002Chorus Sepkoski, Jr.
2008Chorus Nielson and Valdovinos p. 209

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63
Marks J. G. (1951) Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of Southwestern Ecuador, Bulletins of American Paleontology 33 139, 1-448
Nielson S. N., Valdovinos C. (2008) Early Pleistocene mollusks of the Tubul Formation, south-central Chile, The Nautilus 122 4, 201-216
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
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 15 - 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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