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Entalina

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2285317	https://www.gbif.org/species/2285317
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8174	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8174

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Scaphopoda : Gadilida : Entalinidae : Entalina

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	Scaphopoda	Bronn 1862
order	Gadilida	Starobogatov 1982
suborder	Entalimorpha	Steiner 1992
family	Entalinidae	Christikov 1979
subfamily	Entalininae	Christikov 1979
genus	Entalina	Monterosato 1872

Scientific Name

Entalina Monterosato, 1872

Name Published In

Not. Conch. Pellegrino

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Entalina	genus	belongs to Entalinidae	implied	Wells and Houston, 2001
Entalina	genus	belongs to Scaphopoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Entalina	genus	belongs to Entalininae	stated with evidence	Reynolds and Steiner, 2008

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

1 (100%)

First Recorded Appearance

48.6 - 37.2 Ma
Eocene

Motility

slow-moving (based on Gadilida)

Vision

blind (based on Scaphopoda)

Diet

deposit feeder (based on Gadilida)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Scaphopoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

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Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Entalina adenensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina dorsicostata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina emersoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina inaequisculpta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina mediocarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina mirifica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina platamodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina platomodes species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina quadrangularis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina rosewateri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina subterlineata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Entalina tetragona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1872	Entalina Monterosato
2001	Entalina Wells and Houston p. 121
2002	Entalina Sepkoski, Jr.
2008	Entalina Reynolds and Steiner p. 147 figs. Table 7.2

References

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

Wells A., Houston W. W. K. (2001) , Zoological Catalogue of Australia: Mollusca 17 2

Reynolds P. D., Steiner G. (2008) Chapter 7. Scaphopoda, Phylogeny and Evolution of the Mollusca, 143-161

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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

Not. Conch. Pellegrino - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Vaught, K.C.; Tucker Abbott, R.; Boss, K.J. (1989). A classification of the living Mollusca. American Malacologists: Melbourne. ISBN 0-915826-22-4. XII, 195 pp. - via World Register of Marine Species

Karlsson, Anna (2004) Mollusker - via Dyntaxa. Svensk taxonomisk databas

Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213. - via World Register of Marine Species

Steiner, G.; Kabat, A. R. (2001). Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema. 23(3): 433-460. - via World Register of Marine Species

Millard, V., 1997: null. Classification of Mollusca: A classification of world wide Mollusca. 1-544. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Steiner, Gerhard, and Alan R. Kabat, 2001: Catalogue of supraspecific taxa of Scaphopoda (Mollusca). Zoosystema, vol. 23, no. 3. 433-460. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

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