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Trajana

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4601039	https://www.gbif.org/species/4601039
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9317	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9317

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Nassariidae : Trajana

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
subclass	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Buccinoidea	(Rafinesque 1815)
family	Nassariidae	Iredale 1916
subfamily	Nassariinae	Iredale 1916
genus	Trajana	J.A.Gardner 1948

Scientific Name

Trajana J.A.Gardner, 1948

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Trajana	genus	belongs to Muricidae	stated with evidence	Gardner, 1948
Trajana	genus	subjective synonym of Hindsia	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1967
Trajana	genus	belongs to Nassariidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1969
Trajana	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Trajana	genus	belongs to Nassariinae	stated with evidence	Landau and Marques da Silva, 2010

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

4 (40%)

First Recorded Appearance

23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene

Motility

slow-moving (based on Nassariidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Nassariidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (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

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Trajana (Nerva) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	11.6 Ma Miocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Trajana (Trajana) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		5	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Hindsia acapulcana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Hindsia wheeleri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murex laqueoratus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trajana perideris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trajana pyta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Trajana veracruzana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Trajana woodringi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1948	Trajana Gardner
1969	Trajana Vokes p. 77
2001	Trajana Todd
2002	Trajana Sepkoski, Jr.
2010	Trajana Landau and Marques da Silva p. 75

References

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

Vokes E. H. (1969) The genus Trajana (Mollusca: Gastropoda) in the new world, Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 7 2, 75-83

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221

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

WoRMS (Nov 2016). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Galindo, L. A.; Puillandre, N.; Utge, J.; Lozouet, P.; Bouchet, P. (2016). The phylogeny and systematics of the Nassariidae revisited (Gastropoda, Buccinoidea). Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 99: 337-353. - 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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