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Astyris communis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)108019https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=108019
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Astyris : Astyris communis
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusAstyrisAdams and Adams 1853
speciesAstyris communis(Conrad 1862)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Astyris communisspeciesbelongs to Amycla (Astyris)stated without evidenceConrad, 1862
Astyris communisspeciesbelongs to Mitrellastated with evidenceGardner, 1948
Astyris communisspeciesbelongs to Astyrisstated with evidenceHendy et al., 2008
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Columbellidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Columbellidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. A. Gardner. 1948. Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199(B):179-310

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1862Amycla (Astyris) communis Conrad p. 287
1904Columbella (Astyris) communis Martin p. 199
1948Mitrella communis Gardner p. 226
2008Astyris communis Hendy et al.

References

Gardner J. A. (1948) Mollusca from the Miocene and Lower Pliocene of Virginia and North Carolina: Part 2. Scaphopoda and Gastropoda, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 199 B, 179-310
Martin G. C. (1904) Gastropoda, Maryland Geological Survey Miocene Text, 131-269
Hendy A. J. W., Buick D. P., et al (2008) Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions
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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