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Euspira antarctidia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	5935668	https://www.gbif.org/species/5935668
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	89083	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=89083

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Naticidae : Euspira : Euspira antarctidia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Naticidae : Euspira : Euspira antarctidia

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
superorder	Hypsogastropoda
infraorder	Littorinimorpha	Golikov and Starobogtov 1975
superfamily	Naticoidea	(Forbes 1838)
family	Naticidae	Guilding 1834
subfamily	Polinicinae	Gray 1847
genus	Euspira	Agassiz 1837
species	Euspira antarctidia	Stilwell et al. 2004

Generic Name

Euspira

Scientific Name

Euspira antarctidia Stilwell et al., 2004

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Euspira antarctidia	species	belongs to Euspira	stated with evidence	Stilwell et al., 2004

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Last Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

actively mobile (based on Euspira)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Euspira)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Naticidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. D. Stilwell, W. J. Zinsmeister, and A. E. Oleinik. 2004. Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance. Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
2004	Euspira antarctidia Stilwell et al. p. 34

References

Stilwell J. D., Zinsmeister W. J., et al (2004) Early Paleocene Mollusks of Antarctica: Systematics, Paleoecology and Paleobiogeographic Significance, Bulletins of American Paleontology 367

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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