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Clathrus
| Description | Clathrus is a genus of fungi of the family Phallaceae, the stinkhorn fungi. As with other members of the family, mature fruit bodies are covered with olive-brown slimy gleba, containing spores, that attracts flies. These fungi are saprobic (feeding on dead organic matter) and are common in mulch. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clathrus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Eulimidae : Clathrus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Clathrus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Clathrus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (33%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | slow-moving (based on Epitoniidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Epitoniidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Epitoniidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Clathrus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Clathrus gajensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 20.4 Ma Miocene | |
| Epitonium (Clathrus) weaveri ✝ species | listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1815 | Clathrus Oken p. 36 |
| 1815 | Chlathrus Oken p. 256 |
| 1928 | Scala (Clathrus) Vredenburg p. 401 |
| 1937 | Epitonium (Clathrus) Durham p. 485 |
| 1947 | Epitonium (Clathrus) Gardner p. 577 |
| 1948 | Epitonium (Clathrus) Gardner p. 208 |
| 1972 | Epitonium (Clathrus) Ladd p. 51 |
| 2002 | Scala (Clathrus) Mandic et al. p. 300 |
| 2002 | Clathrus Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2015 | Clathrus Brown and Neville p. 21 |
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!
