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Kuskokwimia moorei âśť

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4956511https://www.gbif.org/species/4956511
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)65275https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=65275
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Kuskokwimiidae : Kuskokwimia : Kuskokwimia moorei
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Kuskokwimiidae : Kuskokwimia : Kuskokwimia moorei
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassOrthogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1997
superorderHeterobranchiaGray 1840
familyKuskokwimiidaeFrýda and Blodgett 2001
genusKuskokwimiaFrýda and Blodgett 2001
speciesKuskokwimia mooreiFrýda & Blodgett 2001
Generic NameKuskokwimia
Scientific NameKuskokwimia moorei Frýda & Blodgett, 2001
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Kuskokwimia mooreispeciesbelongs to Kuskokwimiastated without evidenceFrýda and Blodgett, 2001
Kuskokwimia mooreispeciesbelongs to Kuskokwimiastated with evidenceWagner, 2017
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance409 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance409 - 403 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Motilityactively mobile (based on Heterobranchia)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Heterobranchia)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Frýda and R. B. Blodgett. 2001. The oldest known heterobranch gastropod, Kuskokwimia gen. nov., from the Early Devonian of west-cetnral Alaska, with notes on the early phylogeny of higher gastropods. Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey 76(1):39-53

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
2001Kuskokwimia moorei Frýda and Blodgett pp. 42 - 43 figs. f. 2
2004Kuskokwimia moorei Frýda and Blodgett pp. 126 - 129 figs. f. 12.1-6; 13
2020Kuskokwimia moorei Wagner p. 3394

References

Frýda J., Blodgett R. B. (2001) The oldest known heterobranch gastropod, Kuskokwimia gen. nov., from the Early Devonian of west-cetnral Alaska, with notes on the early phylogeny of higher gastropods, Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey 76 1, 39-53
Frýda J., Blodgett R. B. (2004) New Emsian (Late Early Devonian) gastropods from Limestone Mountain, Medfra B-4 Quadrangle, west-central Alaska (Farewell Terrane) and their paleobiogeographic affinities and evolutionary significance, Journal of Paleontology 78 1, 111-132
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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