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Siluriphorus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4578098	https://www.gbif.org/species/4578098
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8499	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8499

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Pseudophoridae : Siluriphorus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Pseudophoridae : Siluriphorus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Euomphaloidea
family	Pseudophoridae	Miller 1889
genus	Siluriphorus	Cossmann 1918

Scientific Name

Siluriphorus Cossmann, 1918

Name Published In

Essais Paléoconch. comp., 11

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Siluriphorus	genus	belongs to Pseudophoridae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Siluriphorus	genus	belongs to Euomphalina	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

433 - 431 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Motility

stationary (based on Euomphaloidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Euomphaloidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

M. Cossmann. 1918. Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée 11

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Siluriphorus vilis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Stomatia antiqua ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Trochus fulminatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Trochus gotlandicus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Trochus undulans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1918	Siluriphorus Cossmann p. 336
1960	Siluriphorus Knight et al. p. 298
2002	Siluriphorus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Cossmann M. (1918) , Essais de Paléoconchologie comparée 11

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Essais Paléoconch. comp., 11 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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