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Carinaropsis explanata

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4962321https://www.gbif.org/species/4962321
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)72960https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=72960
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pterothecidae : Carinaropsis : Carinaropsis explanata
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Pterothecidae : Carinaropsis : Carinaropsis explanata
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontinaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyBellerophontoidea
familyPterothecidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyCarinaropsinae
genusCarinaropsisHall 1847
speciesCarinaropsis explanataUlrich & Scofield 1897
Generic NameCarinaropsis
Scientific NameCarinaropsis explanata Ulrich & Scofield, 1897
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Carinaropsis explanataspeciesbelongs to Carinaropsisstated with evidenceUlrich and Scofield, 1897
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Last Recorded Appearance461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician
Motilityactively mobile (based on Pterothecidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Pterothecidae)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Carinaropsis explanata Ulrich and Scofield
1992Carinaropsis explanata Wahlman pp. 180 - 181 figs. pl. 40 f. 10-14
2017Carinaropsis explanata Wagner p. 239

References

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081
Wahlman G.P. (1992) Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 O, 1-123
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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