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Linatella
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ranellidae : Linatella | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (75%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Ranellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ranellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | F. S. MacNeil. 1960. Tertiary and Quaternary Gastropoda of Okinawa: A comparison of the late Miocene, Pliocene, and Pleistocene Gastropoda of Okinawa with related faunas of East Asia together with a resume of the geological setting of the fossiliferous deposits. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 339:1-148 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Linatella (Linatella) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Linatella caudata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 20 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1853 | Triton (Linatella) Mörch p. 33 |
1857 | Cymatium (Linatella) Gray p. 39 |
1935 | Cymatium (Linatella) Oostingh p. 61 |
1960 | Cymatium (Linatella) MacNeil p. 58 |
2001 | Cymatium (Linatella) Todd |
2002 | Linatella Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Cymatium (Linatella) Beu p. 75 |
2008 | Cymatium (Linatella) Landau et al. p. 455 |
2010 | Linatella Beu |
2010 | Linatella Landau and Marques da Silva p. 51 |
References
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!