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Mauidrillia
Description | Mauidrillia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Horaiclavidae, the turrids. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauidrillia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Horaiclavidae : Mauidrillia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Mauidrillia Powell, 1942 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Auckland Inst., 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 59.2 - 47.8 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Conoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Conoidea) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | P. A. Maxwell. 1988. Late Miocene Deep-Water Mollusca from the Stillwater Mudstone at Greymouth, Westland, New Zealand: Paleoecology and Systematics. New Zealand Geological Survey Paleontological Bulletin 55 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mauidrillia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Mauidrillia acuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia aldingensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Mauidrillia angustata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia browni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia cinctuta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia clavicula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia costifer species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia felina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia fimbriata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia imparilirata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia inaequalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia incerta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia kachaharuensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia occidentalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia praecophinodes species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia supralaevis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Mauidrillia unilirata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1942 | Mauidrillia Powell p. 85 |
1960 | Mauidrillia MacNeil p. 110 |
1988 | Mauidrillia Maxwell pp. 59, 63 |
2011 | Mauidrillia Bouchet et al. p. 296 |
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!