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Conilithes ✝
| Description | Conilithes is an extinct genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Conidae, the cone snails. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conilithes, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conilithes | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Conilithes Swainson, 1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Treat. Malacol. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 5 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 3.60 - 2.59 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Conidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Conidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | S. Tracey and J. A. Todd. 1996. Nomenclatural changes for some Bracklesham Group gastropods. Tertiary Research 16(1-4):41-54 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conilithes |
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Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Conilithes allioni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes antidiluvianus ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
| Conilithes brezinae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes brocchii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes brockenensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes canaliculatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes eichwaldi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes exaltatus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes lyratus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes oliveri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes rivertonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes sceptophorus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes suteri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes tahuensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conilithes wollastoni ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 19.0 Ma Miocene | 19.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Conospira fracta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Conospirus parisiensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 47.8 Ma Eocene | |
| Conus (Conospira) galensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 28.1 Ma Oligocene | |
| Conus galensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Conolithus Herrmannsen, 1847 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conolithus |
| Conospirus de Gregorio, 1890 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conospirus |
| Conospira Cossmann, 1896 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Conidae : Conospira |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1840 | Conilithes Swainson |
| 1890 | Conospirus Gregario |
| 1921 | Conus (Conospira) Vredenburg p. 283 |
| 1978 | Conilithes Maxwell p. 40 |
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!
