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Bulimorpha ✝
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Subulitidae : Bulimorpha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Soleniscidae : Bulimorpha | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Bulimorpha Whitfield, 1882 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., 1, no. 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 9 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 359 - 336 Ma Paleozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 260 - 254 Ma Permian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Soleniscidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Soleniscidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Soleniscidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | R. P. Whitfield. 1882. Part III. Palaeontology. Geology of Wisconsin 4:163-363 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Bulimella bulimiformis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bulimella elongata ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 345 Ma Carboniferous | 345 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bulimorpha elegans ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 331 Ma Carboniferous | 331 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bulimorpha lavrskyi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 272 Ma Permian | 272 Ma Permian | |
Bulimorpha melanioides ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 265 Ma Permian | 265 Ma Permian | |
Bulimorpha micra ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 260 Ma Permian | 260 Ma Permian | |
Bulimorpha minor ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
Bulimorpha whitfieldi ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 339 Ma Carboniferous | 339 Ma Carboniferous | |
Polyphemopsis melanioides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1858 | Bulimella Hall p. 29 |
1882 | Bulimorpha Whitfield p. 74 |
1889 | Bulimorpha Miller p. 395 |
1931 | Soleniscus (Bulimorpha) Knight p. 202 |
1960 | Bulimorpha Knight et al. p. 320 |
2000 | Bulimorpha Nützel et al. p. 583 |
2002 | Bulimorpha Bandel |
2002 | Bulimorpha Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Bulimorpha Bouchet et al. p. 40 |
2015 | Bulimorpha Mazaev p. 968 |
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!