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Pterotrachea ✝
Description | Pterotrachea is a taxonomic genus of medium-sized to large floating sea slugs, marine pelagic gastropod molluscs in the family Pterotracheidae, which is in the infraorder Littorinimorpha. As such they are quite closely related to such families as the tritons (Ranellidae) and the tun shells (Tonnidae). From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterotrachea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Pterotracheidae : Pterotrachea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pterotracheidae : Pterotrachea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pterotrachea Forsskål, 1775 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Forsskål, Peter. 1775. Descriptiones animalium avium, amphibiorum, piscium, insectorum, vermium; quae in itinere orientali observavit Petrus Forskål. Post mortem auctoris edidit Carsten Niebuhr. Adjuncta est materia medica kahirina atque tabula maris Rubri geographica. Mölleri apud Heineck et Faber, Hauniæ.: 1-20, i-xxxiv, 1-164, map. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 190 - 183 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pterotracheoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Pterotracheoidea) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. J. Sepkoski, Jr. 2002. A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology 363:1-560 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | ハダカゾウクラゲ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pterotrachea |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Ammonites ceratophagus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pterotrachea ceratophagus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | 190 Ma Early Jurassic | |
Pterotrachea coronata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pterotrachea hippocampus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pterotrachea keraudrenii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pterotrachea minuscola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pterotrachea scutata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pterotrachea talismani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pterotrachea xenoptera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Euryops Tesch, 1906 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Pterotracheidae : Euryops |
Heterodens Bonnevie, 1920 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Pterotracheidae : Heterodens |
Firola Bruguière, 1791 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Pterotracheidae : Firola |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1775 | Pterotrachea Forskal |
1791 | Firola Bruguière |
1814 | Pterotrachea Rafinesque |
1993 | Pterotrachea Wilson p. 254 |
2002 | Pterotrachea Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Pterotrachea Bouchet et al. p. 146 |
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!