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Sinum obliquum ✝

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5935650https://www.gbif.org/species/5935650
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)62256https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=62256
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Sinum : Sinum obliquum
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Sinum : Sinum obliquum
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
superfamilyNaticoidea(Forbes 1838)
familyNaticidaeGuilding 1834
subfamilySininaeWoodring 1928
genusSinumRöding 1798
speciesSinum obliquumGabb 1864
Generic NameSinum
Scientific NameSinum obliquum (Gabb, 1864)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Sinum obliquumspeciesbelongs to Sinumstated with evidenceWaring, 1917
Sinum obliquumspeciesbelongs to Sinumstated without evidenceMarincovich, 1977
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.1 Ma
Oligocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Sinum)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Sinum)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Naticidae)
Primary Reference (PBDB)W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Cretaceous fossils. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:57-217

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1864Naticina obliqua Gabb p. 109 figs. pl. 21, fig. 112
1917Sinum obliquum Waring p. 99
1944Sinum obliqua Durham p. 161
1976Sinum obliquum Moore p. 33
1977Sinum obliquum Marincovich p. 347
1984Sinum obliquum Squires p. 26 figs. Figure 7h
1987Sinum obliquum Squires p. 39 fig. 48
1988Sinum obliqua Squires p. 13 fig. 27

References

Gabb W. M. Description of the Cretaceous fossils, Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1, 57-217
Waring C. A. (1917) Stratigraphic and faunal relations of the Martinez to the Chico and Tejon of Southern California, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 7 4, 41-124
Durham J. W. (1944) Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27, 101 -212
Moore E. J. (1976) Oligocene marine mollusks from the Pittsburg Bluff Formation in Oregon, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 922, 1-66
Marincovich L. (1977) Cenozoic Naticidae (Mollusca; Gastropoda) of the northeastern Pacific, Bulletins of American Paleontology
Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76
Squires R. L. (1987) Eocene molluscan paleontology of the Whitaker Peak area, Los Angeles and Ventura counties, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 388, 1-93
Squires R. L. (1988) Eocene Macropaleontology of Northern Lockwood Valley, Ventura County, California, Contributions in Science (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) 398, 1-23
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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