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Ranellina sulcata ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4963128https://www.gbif.org/species/4963128
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)62084https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62084
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Bursidae : Ranellina : Ranellina sulcata
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bursidae : Ranellina : Ranellina sulcata
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
superfamilyTonnoidea(Suter 1913)
familyBursidaeThiele 1925
genusRanellinaConrad 1865
speciesRanellina sulcataLea 1833
Generic NameRanellina
Scientific NameRanellina sulcata Lea, 1833
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Ranellina sulcataspeciesbelongs to RanellinaimpliedPalmer and Brann, 1966
Ranellina sulcataspeciesbelongs to Ranellinastated without evidenceCoBabe and Allmon, 1994
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance47.8 - 41.3 Ma
Eocene
Last Recorded Appearance41.3 - 38.0 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Bursidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Bursidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)K. V. Palmer and D. C. Brann. 1966. Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda. Bulletins of American Paleontology 48:471-1057

Fossil Distribution

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Ranellina maclurii Lea, 1833GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Bursidae : Ranellina : Ranellina maclurii

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1833Ranellina sulcata Lea
1966Ranellina maclurii Palmer and Brann
1994Ranellina sulcata CoBabe and Allmon

References

Palmer K. V., Brann D. C. (1966) Catalogue of the Paleocene and Eocene Mollusks of the Southern and Eastern United States Part II. Gastropoda, Bulletins of American Paleontology 48, 471-1057
CoBabe E. A., Allmon W. D. (1994) Effects of sampling on paleoecologic and taphonomic analyses in high-diversity fossil accumulations: an example from the Eocene Gosport Sand, Alabama, Lethaia 27, 167-178
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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