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Ellipsoscapha striatella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4957062	https://www.gbif.org/species/4957062
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	60203	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=60203

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cephalaspidea : Scaphandridae : Ellipsoscapha : Ellipsoscapha striatella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Scaphandridae : Ellipsoscapha : Ellipsoscapha striatella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Heterobranchia	Gray 1840
superfamily	Pyramidelloidea
family	Scaphandridae	Sars 1878
genus	Ellipsoscapha	Stephenson 1941
species	Ellipsoscapha striatella	Shumard 1861

Generic Name

Ellipsoscapha

Scientific Name

Ellipsoscapha striatella Shumard, 1861

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Ellipsoscapha striatella	species	belongs to Ellipsoscapha	stated without evidence	Stephenson, 1941

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

83.5 - 70.6 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Last Recorded Appearance

72.1 - 66.0 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

actively mobile (based on Pyramidelloidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Pyramidelloidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. W. Stephenson. 1941. The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas. The University of Texas Publication 4101:1-625

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1861	Ellipsoscapha striatella Shumard
1941	Ellipsoscapha striatella Stephenson p. 392

References

Stephenson L. W. (1941) The larger invertebrate fossils of the Navarro group of Texas, The University of Texas Publication 4101, 1-625

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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