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Centrifugus

Description

Centrifugus is an extinct species of fossil sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Euomphalidae, which paleontologists place in the order Archaeogastropoda.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4599518https://www.gbif.org/species/4599518
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)8442https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8442
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Centrifugus
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Euomphalidae : Centrifugus
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassEogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1996
orderEuomphalinade Koninck 1881
superfamilyEuomphaloidea
familyEuomphalidaeWhite 1877
genusCentrifugusBronn 1834
Scientific NameCentrifugus Bronn, 1834
Name Published InLethaea, 1
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Centrifugusgenusbelongs to Euomphaloideastated with evidenceKnight et al., 1960
Centrifugusgenusbelongs to Euomphalidaestated without evidenceMorris and Cleevely, 1981
Centrifugusgenusbelongs to Euomphalidaestated with evidenceLinsley and Kier, 1984
Centrifugusgenusbelongs to Euomphalinasecond handSepkoski, 2002
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance427 - 426 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance421 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic
Motilitystationary
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietsuspension feeder
Taphonomyaragonite, "calcite"
Primary Reference (PBDB)H. G. Bronn. 1835. Lethaea Geognostica, oder Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der für die Gebirgs-Formationem bezeichnensten Versteinerungen 1:97-192
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centrifugus

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Centrifugus planorbis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5427 Ma
Silurian
421 Ma
Silurian
Porcellia procera
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1427 Ma
Silurian
427 Ma
Silurian

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Centrofusus Paetel, 1875GBIFgenusAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalidae : Centrofusus

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1835Centrifugus Bronn p. 97
1897Hisingeria Ulrich and Scofield
1960Centrifugus Knight et al. p. 192
1981Centrifugus Morris and Cleevely
1984Centrifugus Linsley and Kier
2002Centrifugus Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Bronn H. G. , Lethaea Geognostica, oder Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der für die Gebirgs-Formationem bezeichnensten Versteinerungen 1, 97-192
Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
Morris N.J., Cleevely R. J. (1981) Phanerotinus cristatus (Phillips) and the nature of euomphalacean gastropods, Molluscans, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 35 3, 195-212
Linsley R. M., Kier W.M. (1984) The Paragastropoda: a proposal for a new class of Paleozoic Mollusca, Malacologia 25 1, 241-254
Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560
GBIF/Paleo Database - 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
Lethaea, 1 - 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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