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Lobatus
| Description | Lobatus is a genus of very large sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Strombidae, the true conchs. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobatus, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Strombidae : Lobatus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Strombidae : Lobatus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | doubtful | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Lobatus Iredale, 1921 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 7 (58%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 48.6 - 28.4 Ma Paleogene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Strombidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | omnivore, grazer (based on Strombidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. M. Landau, G. C. Kronenberg, and G. S. Herbert. 2008. A large species of Lobatus (Gastropoda: Strombidae) from the Neogene of the Dominican Republic, with notes on the genus. The Veliger 50(1):31-38 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lobatus |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Lobatus costatus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lobatus dominator ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 32 | 48.6 Ma Eocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Lobatus galliformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Lobatus gallus species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Lobatus gigas species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 27 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lobatus goliath species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Lobatus haitensis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 46 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Lobatus rarinus species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Lobatus vokesae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene | |
| Lobatus williamsi ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Strombus dominator species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strombus galliformis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strombus haitensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strombus rarinus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Strombus williamsi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1921 | Lobatus Iredale p. 208 |
| 1929 | Aliger Thiele |
| 2002 | Aliger Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Titanostrombus Petuch |
| 2008 | Aliger Hendy et al. |
| 2008 | Lobatus Landau et al. pp. 31, 33 |
| 2009 | Lobatus Freiheit and Geary p. 18 |
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!
