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Neilsonia roscobiensis ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8478780	https://www.gbif.org/species/8478780
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	202492	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=202492

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Gosseletinidae : Neilsonia : Neilsonia roscobiensis

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Gosseletinidae : Neilsonia : Neilsonia roscobiensis

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
order	Murchisoniina	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Eotomarioidea	Wenz 1938
family	Gosseletinidae	Wenz 1938
subfamily	Neilsoniinae	Knight 1956
genus	Neilsonia	Thomas 1940
species	Neilsonia roscobiensis	Thomas 1940

Generic Name

Neilsonia

Scientific Name

Neilsonia roscobiensis Thomas, 1940

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Neilsonia roscobiensis	species	belongs to Neilsonia	stated with evidence	Thomas, 1940

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

336 - 326 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

336 - 326 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Murchisoniina)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Murchisoniina)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. G. Thomas. 1940. Revision of the Scottish Carboniferous Pleurotomariidae. Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 20:30-72

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1940	Neilsonia roscobiensis Thomas pp. 46 - 47 figs. pl. 2 f .7a-b

References

Thomas E. G. (1940) Revision of the Scottish Carboniferous Pleurotomariidae, Transactions of the Geological Society of Glasgow 20, 30-72

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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