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Trigonephrus
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Dorcasiidae : Trigonephrus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Acavidae : Trigonephrus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Trigonephrus Pilsbry, 1905 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Pilsbry, H.A. (1905). Anatomical and systematic notes on Dorcasia, Trigonephrus, n. gen., Corilla, Thersites, and Chloritis. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London 6: 286–291. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Environment | terrestrial (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Pulmonata) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | M. Pickford and B. Senut. 1997. Cainozoic mammals from coastal Namaqualand, South Africa. Paleontologia Africana 34:199-217 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Trigonephrus ambiguosus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus globulus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus gypsinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus haughtoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus heliocaustus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus latezonatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus lucanus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus namaquensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus porphyrostoma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus rosaceus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Trigonephrus transovalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Galaxias H.Beck, 1837 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Stylommatophora : Dorcasiidae : Galaxias |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1997 | Trigonephrus Pickford and Senut p. 201 |
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!