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Lepicythara ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turridae : Lepicythara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Lepicythara Olsson, 1964 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Neogene mollusks from north-western Ecuador. Paleont. Res. Inst., Ithaca N. Y. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 13.8 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Turridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Turridae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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 |
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| Brachycythara turrita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cythara basilissa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cythara terminula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lepicythara basilissa ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 13.8 Ma Miocene | 13.8 Ma Miocene | |
| Lepicythara camaronensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Lepicythara disclusa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Lepicythara heptagona ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Lepicythara terminula ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Lepicythara turrita ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Lepicythara veracruzana ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Mangelia heptagona species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1964 | Lepicythara Olsson |
| 1970 | Lepicythara Woodring p. 390 |
| 1992 | Lepicythara Perrilliat p. 28 |
| 2001 | Lepicythara Todd |
| 2002 | Lepicythara Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
