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Tanea
| Description | Tanea is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Naticidae, the moon snails or necklace shells. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Tanea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Tanea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Tanea Marwick, 1931 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Pal. Bull. N. Zealand Geol. Surv., No. 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (57%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Naticidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Naticidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Naticidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Common Name(s) | ヒョウダマ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tanea |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Tanea albifasciata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea areolata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea consortis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea dillwyni ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 20.4 Ma Miocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Tanea hamiltonensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 9 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Tanea hilaris species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea hollmanni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea inexpectata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea lineata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Tanea magnifluctuata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea mozaica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea picta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea pittensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea praeconsors species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea sagittata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea shoichiroi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea sublata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea tabularis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea tenuipicta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea tosaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Tanea undulata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 10 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Tanea zelandica species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 1.63 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1931 | Tanea Marwick |
| 1989 | Tanea Majima p. 74 |
| 1990 | Tanea Beu et al. p. 409 |
| 2002 | Tanea Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2017 | Tanea Darragh p. 50 |
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!
