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Stachella ✝
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Stachella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Euphemitidae : Stachella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Stachella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 315 - 307 Ma Carboniferous | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 251 - 247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Euphemitidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Euphemitidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | W. H. Waagen. 1880. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part II. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(2):73-183 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Stachella bicarinata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 254 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Stachella bifrons ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Stachella crucilirata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 296 Ma Permian | 296 Ma Permian | |
| Stachella granaticarinata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Stachella inflata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 315 Ma Carboniferous | 315 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Stachella micra ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 260 Ma Permian | 252 Ma Permian | |
| Stachella semiaurita ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 260 Ma Permian | 254 Ma Permian | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1880 | Stachella Waagen p. 171 |
| 1897 | Stachella Ulrich and Scofield |
| 1960 | Stachella Knight et al. p. 179 |
| 1963 | Stachella Horný |
| 2002 | Stachella 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!
