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Sveltella

Description

Sveltella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Cancellariidae, the nutmeg snails.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4604365https://www.gbif.org/species/4604365
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)11728https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=11728
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Cancellariidae : Sveltella
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
superfamilyCancellarioideaGray 1853
familyCancellariidaeGray 1853
subfamilyCancellariinaeGray 1853
genusSveltellaCossmann 1889
Scientific NameSveltella Cossmann, 1889
Name Published InAnn. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 24
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sveltellagenusbelongs to Admetinaestated without evidenceHickman, 1980
Sveltellagenusbelongs to Cancellariinaestated with evidencePacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Sveltellagenusbelongs to Neogastropodasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)5
Extant Size (PBDB)1 (20%)
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Cancellariidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Cancellariidae)
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/Sveltella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Sveltella arenaria
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
356.0 Ma
Paleocene
55.8 Ma
Eocene
Sveltella biplicata
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sveltella bonneti
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sveltella carinata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
156.0 Ma
Paleocene
56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Sveltella dumasi
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sveltella exiliplex
species
listed (PBDB)138.0 Ma
Eocene
38.0 Ma
Eocene
Sveltella keaseyesis
species
listed (PBDB)
Sveltella philippii
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sveltella plateaui
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Sveltella subquantula
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1889Sveltella Cossmann
1980Sveltella Hickman p. 73
1995Sveltella Pacaud and Le Renard p. 168
2002Sveltella Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Hickman C. S. (1980) Paleogene Marine Gastropods of the Keasey Formation in Oregon, Bulletins of American Paleontology 78 310, 1-112
Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187
Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 24 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Hemmen J. (2007) Recent Cancellariidae. Annotated and illustrated catalogue of Recent Cancellariidae. Privately published, Wiesbaden. 428 pp. [With amendments and corrections taken from Petit R.E. (2012) A critique of, and errata for, Recent Cancellariidae by Jens Hemmen, 2007. Conchologia Ingrata 9: 1-8. http://conchologia.com/publication_pdf/13.pdf] - 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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