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Pyrene
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Columbellidae : Pyrene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 133 - 129 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Columbellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Columbellidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pyrene (Alia) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | Dovesnail | 19 | 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 0 Ma Extant |
Pictocolumbella ocellata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Mitrella scripta species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0.13 Ma Pleistocene | |
Pardalinops testudinaria species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 16.0 Ma Miocene | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | |
Pyrene turturina species | listed (PBDB) | 12 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1798 | Pyrene Röding |
1960 | Pyrene MacNeil p. 66 |
1977 | Pyrene Ladd p. 47 |
1994 | Pyrene Wilson p. 106 |
2002 | Pyrene Harzhauser p. 98 |
2002 | Pyrene Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!