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Rictaxis ✝
Description | Rictaxis is a genus of minute sea snails or "bubble snails", marine gastropod mollusks or micromollusks in the family Acteonidae, the "barrel bubble" snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rictaxis, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Rictaxis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspida : Rictaxis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Rictaxis Dall, 1871 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Amer. J. Conch., 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rictaxis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Actaeon fusulus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rictaxis albus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rictaxis andersoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rictaxis oryza ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Rictaxis painei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rictaxis punctocaelatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rictaxis sanguinea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Rictaxis tornatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Rhectaxis Martens, 1873 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Rhectaxis |
Actaeonidea Gabb, 1872 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Acteonidae : Actaeonidea |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1872 | Actaeonidea Gabb |
2002 | Actaeonidea Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!