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Hemitoma
Description | Hemitoma is a genus of slit limpets, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Fissurellidae, the keyhole limpets and slit limpets. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemitoma, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Fissurellidae : Hemitoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Fissurellidae : Hemitoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Hemitoma Swainson, 1840 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Treat. Malacol., 243 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 6 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Fissurellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Fissurellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hemitoma |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Hemitoma (Hemitoma) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Hemitoma (Montfortia) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 56.0 Ma Paleocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Hemitoma bella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma chiquita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma cumingii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma davincii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma golischae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma imbricata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma lamberti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma multiradiata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Hemitoma octoradiata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 6 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | |
Hemitoma ostheinerae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Montfortista panhi species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Hemitoma polygonalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma sclera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma scrippsae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Hemitoma sowerbyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Subemarginula Gray, 1847 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lepetellida : Fissurellidae : Subemarginula |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1840 | Hemitoma Swainson |
1960 | Hemitoma Knight et al. p. 228 |
1962 | Hemitoma Weisbord p. 48 |
1966 | Hemitoma Ladd p. 29 |
1972 | Hemitoma Perrilliat p. 19 |
1987 | Hemitoma Short and Potter p. 6 |
Year | Name and Author |
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1987 | Hemitoma Squires p. 21 |
1993 | Hemitoma Wilson p. 56 |
2001 | Hemitoma Todd |
2002 | Hemitoma Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Hemitoma Bouchet et al. pp. 88, 243 |
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!