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Vorticifex ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2291008	https://www.gbif.org/species/2291008
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	360049	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=360049

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Planorbidae : Vorticifex

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Basommatophora : Planorbidae : Vorticifex

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	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Pulmonata	Cuvier 1817
-	Basommatophora
-	Hygrophila	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Planorboidea	Rafinesque 1815
family	Planorbidae	Rafinesque 1815
genus	Vorticifex	Meek 1870

Scientific Name

Vorticifex Meek, 1870

Name Published In

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist., N. York, 9

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Vorticifex	genus	belongs to Planorbidae	stated without evidence	Firby, 1966

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Last Recorded Appearance

0.13 - 0.01 Ma
Pleistocene

Environment

freshwater (based on Planorbidae)

Motility

actively mobile (based on Pulmonata)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Pulmonata)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. R. Firby. 1966. New non-marine Mollusca from the Esmeralda Formation, Nevada. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33(14):453-480

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Vorticifex binneyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex concava species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex condoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex cordillerana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex durhami species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex gesteri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex globosus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex lasseni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex laxus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex menetoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex minimus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex packardi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex stewartensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Vorticifex taylori species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex tryoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Vorticifex utahensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1870	Vorticifex Meek
1966	Vorticifex Firby p. 464

References

Firby J. R. (1966) New non-marine Mollusca from the Esmeralda Formation, Nevada, Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 33 14, 453-480

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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Ann. Lyceum Nat. Hist., N. York, 9 - 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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