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Chorus sula

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4957103https://www.gbif.org/species/4957103
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)71624https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71624
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Chorus : Chorus sula
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Thaisidae : Chorus : Chorus sula
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassProsobranchiaMilne-Edwards 1848
superorderCaenogastropodaCox 1959
orderNeogastropodaThiele 1929
familyThaisidaeDall
genusChorusGray 1847
speciesChorus sulaOlsson 1931
Generic NameChorus
Scientific NameChorus sula (Olsson, 1931)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Chorus sulaspeciesbelongs to Chorusstated without evidenceOlsson, 1931
Chorus sulaspeciesbelongs to Acanthina (Chorus)stated with evidenceOlsson, 1932
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)2
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 23.0 Ma
Cenozoic
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityslow-moving (based on Thaisidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Thaisidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)A. A. Olsson. 1931. Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene. Bulletins of American Paleontology 17(63)

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Acanthina sula cruziana
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Acanthina sula sula
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Chorus sula cruziana
subspecies
listed (PBDB)

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Acanthina sula (Olsson, 1931)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Muricidae : Chorus : Acanthina sula

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1931Chorus sula Olsson p. 107 figs. Plate 18, Figs. 1, 2
1932Acanthina (Chorus) sula Olsson p. 185
1951Chorus sula Marks p. 390

References

Olsson A. A. (1931) Contributions to the Tertiary Paleontology of Northern Peru: Part 4, The Peruvian Oligocene, Bulletins of American Paleontology 17 63
Marks J. G. (1951) Miocene stratigraphy and paleontology of Southwestern Ecuador, Bulletins of American Paleontology 33 139, 1-448
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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