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Dissochilus ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4608324https://www.gbif.org/species/4608324
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)9773https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9773
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Littorinidae : Dissochilus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinidae : Dissochilus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)doubtful
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyLittorinoidea(Gray 1840)
familyLittorinidaeGray 1840
genusDissochilusCossmann 1888
Scientific NameDissochilus Cossmann, 1888
Name Published InCossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique. 23: [1]-328; plates I-XII.
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Dissochilusgenusbelongs to Neotaenioglossasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Dissochilusgenusbelongs to Littorinidaestated with evidenceGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility, 2015
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance16.0 - 11.6 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Littorinidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Littorinidae)
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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1888Dissochilus Cossmann
2002Dissochilus Sepkoski, Jr.
2015Dissochilus Global Biodiversity Information Facility

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
Global Biodiversity Information Facility (2015) Global Biodiversity Information Facility Database doi:http://www.gbif.org
Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - 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
Cossmann, M. (1888). Catalogue illustré des coquilles fossiles de l'Éocène des environs de Paris. Annales de la Société royale malacologique de Belgique. 23: [1]-328; plates I-XII. - via World Register of Marine Species
(as Lacunidae) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Ann. Soc. Malac. Belgique, 23 - 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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