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Belloliva
| Description | Belloliva is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Bellolividae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belloliva, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Bellolividae : Belloliva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Olividae : Belloliva | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Belloliva Peile, 1922 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Proc. Malac. Soc. London, 15 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (75%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 38.0 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Olividae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Olividae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belloliva |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Belloliva (Olivellopsis) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Belloliva alaos species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva apoma species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva brazieri species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Belloliva canaliculata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 38.0 Ma Eocene | 38.0 Ma Eocene | |
| Belloliva dorcas species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva ellenae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva exquisita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva iota species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva leucozona species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva obeon species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva triticea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Belloliva tubulata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1922 | Belloliva Peile p. 18 |
| 1956 | Belloliva Olsson p. 215 |
| 1977 | Belloliva Ladd p. 58 |
| 1994 | Belloliva Wilson p. 131 |
| 2002 | Belloliva Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2017 | Belloliva Darragh p. 88 |
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!
