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Prunum gibsonsmithi ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	8592357	https://www.gbif.org/species/8592357
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	188316	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=188316

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Marginellidae : Prunum : Prunum gibsonsmithi

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Marginellidae : Prunum : Prunum gibsonsmithi

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	Prosobranchia	Milne-Edwards 1848
superorder	Caenogastropoda	Cox 1959
order	Neogastropoda	Thiele 1929
superfamily	Muricoidea	de Costa 1776
family	Marginellidae	Fleming 1828
subfamily	Marginellinae	Fleming 1828
genus	Prunum	Swainson 1840
species	Prunum gibsonsmithi	Nehm 2001

Generic Name

Prunum

Scientific Name

Prunum gibsonsmithi Nehm, 2001

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Prunum gibsonsmithi	species	belongs to Prunum	stated with evidence	Nehm, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Last Recorded Appearance

5.33 - 3.60 Ma
Neogene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Marginellidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Marginellidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

B. Landau and C. Marques da Silva. 2010. Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy. Palaeontos 19:1-221

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2001	Prunum gibsonsmithi Nehm
2010	Prunum gibsonsmithi Landau and Marques da Silva p. 85

References

Landau B., Marques da Silva C. (2010) Early Pliocene gastropods of Cubagua, Venezuela: Taxonomy, palaeobiogeography and ecostratigraphy, Palaeontos 19, 1-221

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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