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Orthaulax pugnax

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4963392https://www.gbif.org/species/4963392
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)109243https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=109243
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Strombidae : Orthaulax : Orthaulax pugnax
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Thersiteidae : Orthaulax : Orthaulax pugnax
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
superorderHypsogastropoda
infraorderLittorinimorphaGolikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamilyStromboidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyThersiteidaeSavornin 1914
genusOrthaulaxGabb 1872
speciesOrthaulax pugnax(Heilprin 1887)
Generic NameOrthaulax
Scientific NameOrthaulax pugnax
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Orthaulax pugnaxspeciesbelongs to Wagneriastated with evidenceHeilprin, 1887
Orthaulax pugnaxspeciesbelongs to Orthaulaxstated with evidenceDall, 1890
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance33.9 - 28.4 Ma
Oligocene
Last Recorded Appearance23.0 - 16.0 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Stromboidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietgrazer (based on Stromboidea)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)C. W. Cooke. 1919. Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba. Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Orthaulax pugnax hernandoensis
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Orthaulax pugnax pugnax
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1887Wagneria pugnax Heilprin p. 106 figs. pl. 15, fig. 36
1890Orthaulax pugnax Dall p. 170
1919Orthaulax pugnax Cooke p. 115
1922Orthaulax pugnax Cooke pp. 28 - 29 figs. Plate II, figures 7, 8; Plate III, figures 1a-4b
1968Orthaulax pugnax Vokes and Vokes p. 74

References

Cooke C. W. (1919) Tertiary mollusks from the Leeward Islands and Cuba, Contributions to the geology and paleontology of the West Indies. Carnegie Institution of Washington, 105-156
Vokes H. E., Vokes E. H. (1968) Variation in the genus Orthaulax (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 6 2, 71-84
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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