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Cluthia

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	1030141	https://www.gbif.org/species/1030141
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	23991	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=23991

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Leptocytheridae : Cluthia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Arthropoda : Ostracoda : Podocopida : Cluthia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Ecdysozoa
-	Panarthropoda
phylum	Arthropoda	Latreille 1829
subphylum	Mandibulata
-	Pancrustacea
subphylum	Crustacea	Brünnich 1772
class	Ostracoda	Latreille 1802
subclass	Podocopa	Sars 1865
order	Podocopida	Sars 1866
genus	Cluthia	Neale 1973

Scientific Name

Cluthia Neale, 1973

Name Published In

Neale, J.W. (1973a) Cluthia (Crustacea, Ostracoda), a new pleistocene and recent leptocytherid genus. Journal of Paleontology 47, 683–688.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cluthia	genus	belongs to Podocopida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Environment

hypersaline,marine,brackish,freshwater (based on Ostracoda)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Ostracoda)

Vision

limited (based on Ostracoda)

Diet

detritivore, grazer (based on Podocopida)

Taphonomy

low Mg calcite (based on Ostracoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Cluthia antiqua species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cluthia australis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cluthia cluthae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cluthia foresteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cluthia japonica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cluthia keiyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cluthia whatleyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2002	Cluthia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251 - via World Register of Marine Species

Neale, J.W. (1973a) Cluthia (Crustacea, Ostracoda), a new pleistocene and recent leptocytherid genus. Journal of Paleontology 47, 683–688. - via World Register of Marine Species

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000 unverified - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Brouwers, Elisabeth M., 1990: Systematic Paleontology of Quaternary Ostracode Assemblages from the Gulf of Alaska, Part 1: Families Cytherellidae, Bairdiidae, Cytheridae, Leptocytheridae, Limnocytheridae, Eucytheridae, Krithidae, Cushmanideidae. U. S. Geological Survey Professional Paper, no. 1510. 1-43. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

J. Paleont. 47 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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