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Tornatella
Source Data |
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Rank | genus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Tornatella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (14%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 201 - 197 Ma Early Jurassic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | G. Rosenberg. 2005. Malacolog 4.0: A database of Western Atlantic marine Mollusca. [WWW database (version 4.1.0)] URL http://data.acnatsci.org/wasp |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Tornatella (Tornatella) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tornatella brevicula ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 113 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | 105 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |
Tornatella curculio ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tornatella labiosa ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tornatella normalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Tornatella semen ✝ species | doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB) |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1816 | Tornatella Lamarck |
1846 | Tornatella Forbes p. 135 |
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!