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Decipifus
| Description | Decipifus is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decipifus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Decipifus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Decipifus Olsson & McGinty, 1958 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bull. Am. Paleont. 39 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Columbellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Columbellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Todd. 2001. Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decipifus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Decipifus algoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus cingulatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus consanguineus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus dictynna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus fenestratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus gracilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus kristenseni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus lyrta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus macleani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus metellus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus serratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Decipifus sixaolus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1958 | Decipifus Olsson and McGinty |
| 2001 | Decipifus Todd |
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!
