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Pleurotoma fresnoensis

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)383428https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=383428
Rankspecies (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Turridae : Turris : Pleurotoma fresnoensis
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
superfamilyConoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyTurridaeSwainson 1840
genusTurrisRöding 1798
speciesPleurotoma fresnoensisArnold 1910
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Pleurotoma fresnoensisspeciesbelongs to Pleurotomastated with evidenceArnold, 1910
Pleurotoma fresnoensisspeciesbelongs to Pleurofusiastated without evidenceSquires, 1987
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance66.0 - 56.0 Ma
Paleocene
Last Recorded Appearance47.8 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Turridae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Turridae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. L. Squires. 1984. Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California. Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350:1-76

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1910Pleurotoma fresnoensis Arnold p. 53 figs. pl. 4, fig. 23
1987Pleurofusia fresnoensis Squires p. 49 fig. 75

References

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
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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