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Bridgeites

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4599598https://www.gbif.org/species/4599598
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)68722https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=68722
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Raphistomatidae : Bridgeites
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Raphistomatidae : Bridgeites
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
superfamilyRaphistomatoideaKoken 1896
familyRaphistomatidae
genusBridgeitesFlower 1968
Scientific NameBridgeites Flower, 1968
Name Published InMem. Inst. Min. Technol. New Mex. No. 22
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bridgeitesgenusbelongs to Gastropodastated with evidenceFlower, 1968
Bridgeitesgenusbelongs to Raphistomidaestated with evidenceWagner, 1999
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)7
First Recorded Appearance485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic
Last Recorded Appearance479 - 468 Ma
Ordovician
Motilitystationary (based on Euomphalina)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietsuspension feeder (based on Euomphalina)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)R. H. Flower. 1968. Part I - Some El Paso guide fossils. New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 22(1):1-21

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bridgeites discoideus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
4485 Ma
Cambrian
485 Ma
Cambrian
Ecculiomphalus atlanticus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Ecculiomphalus volutatus
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Lesueurilla planidorsalis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
5479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Lesueurilla supraconvexa
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
Ophileta disjuncta
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
2479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician
479 Ma
Early/Lower Ordovician

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1968Bridgeites Flower p. 15
1999Bridgeites Wagner

References

Flower R. H. (1968) Part I - Some El Paso guide fossils, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Memoir 22 1, 1-21
Wagner P. J. (1999) Phylogenetics of the earliest anisostrophically coiled gastropods, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 88, 1-132
GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Mem. Inst. Min. Technol. New Mex. No. 22 - 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
as per family - 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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