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Ovulactaeon

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4599913https://www.gbif.org/species/4599913
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)11974https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11974
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Ovulactaeon
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspida : Ovulactaeon
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderOpisthobranchia
orderCephalaspida(Fischer 1883)
genusOvulactaeonDall 1889
Scientific NameOvulactaeon Dall, 1889
Name Published InBull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 18
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ovulactaeongenusbelongs to Cephalaspidasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (100%)
First Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Gastropoda)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
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
Ovulactaeon aldrichi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Ovulactaeon meekii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Ovulactaeon Dall
2002Ovulactaeon Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
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
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Bull. Mus. comp. Zool. Harvard, 18 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/National Museum of Natural History: NMNH Invertebrate Zoology Collections - 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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