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Closia
| Description | Closia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Closia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Marginellidae : Closia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Volutidae : Closia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Closia Gray, 1857 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Guide Syst. Distr. Moll. Brit. Mus. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (29%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Volutidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Volutidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Closia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Closia (Bullata) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 101 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Closia convergens species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Closia giadae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Closia inadspecta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Closia limpida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Closia majuscula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Closia maoria species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Closia princeps species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Closia sarda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1925 | Marginella (Closia) Mansfield p. 40 |
| 1961 | Persicula (Closia) Dey |
| 1967 | Closia Abbass p. 117 |
| 2002 | Closia 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!
