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Conella

Description

Conella is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Columbellidae, the dove snails.


Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)5429637https://www.gbif.org/species/5429637
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)88915https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=88915
Rankgenus
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Conella
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
superfamilyBuccinoidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyColumbellidaeSwainson 1840
genusConellaSwainson 1840
Scientific NameConella Swainson, 1840
Name Published InTreat. Malacol., 149
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Conellagenusbelongs to Columbellidaestated without evidenceJung, 1994
Conellagenusbelongs to Columbellidaestated with evidenceTodd, 2001
Status (PBDB)extant
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
Extant Size (PBDB)2 (67%)
First Recorded Appearance16.0 - 13.8 Ma
Miocene
Motilityactively mobile (based on Columbellidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Columbellidae)
Taphonomyaragonite (based on Gastropoda)
Primary Reference (PBDB)P. Jung. 1994. Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae). Bulletins of American Paleontology 106(344):1-45
Wikipediahttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conella

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Columbella perplexabilis
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
616.0 Ma
Miocene
7.25 Ma
Miocene
Conella ovulata
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
0 Ma
Extant
Conella ovuloides
species
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1840Conella Swainson pp. 149, 312
1994Conella Jung p. 20
2001Conella Todd

References

Jung P. (1994) Neogene Paleontology in the Northern Dominican Republic 15. The Genera Columbella, Eurypyrene, Parametaria, Conella, Nitidella, and Metulella (Gastropoda: Columbellidae), Bulletins of American Paleontology 106 344, 1-45
Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections
Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
as per family - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
Treat. Malacol., 149 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera
de Maintenon M.J. (2005) Phylogenetic relationships of the tropical American columbellid taxa Conella, Eurypyrene, and Parametaria (Gastropoda: Neogastropoda). Journal of Paleontology 79(3): 497-508. - via World Register of Marine Species
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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