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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9230	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9230

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Scissurellidae : Scissurella

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
superorder	Vetigastropoda	Salvini-Plawen 1980
superfamily	Scissurelloidea
family	Scissurellidae	Gray 1847
genus	Scissurella	d'Orbigny 1824

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Scissurella	genus	belongs to Scissurellidae	stated with evidence	Ladd, 1966
Scissurella	genus	belongs to Scissurellidae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Scissurella	genus	belongs to Scissurellidae	stated with evidence	Pacaud and Le Renard, 1995
Scissurella	genus	belongs to Scissurellinae	stated without evidence	Squires and Goedert, 1996
Scissurella	genus	belongs to Scissurellinae	stated with evidence	Lozouet et al., 2001
Scissurella	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Scissurella	genus	belongs to Scissurellinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005
Scissurella	genus	belongs to Scissurellidae	stated with evidence	Geiger, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

6 (46%)

First Recorded Appearance

190 - 183 Ma
Early Jurassic

Motility

actively mobile (based on Vetigastropoda)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

grazer (based on Vetigastropoda)

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	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Scissurella (Scissurella) subgenus	listed (PBDB)	7	190 Ma Early Jurassic	0 Ma Extant
Scissurella aliceae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous	66.0 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Scissurella costata species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	3.60 Ma Pliocene	0 Ma Extant
Scissurella lamellosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Scissurella mirifica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	0.13 Ma Pleistocene	0.13 Ma Pleistocene
Scissurella timora species	listed (PBDB)	1	0.01 Ma Pleistocene	0 Ma Extant
Scissurella transylvanica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1824	Scissurella d'Orbigny
1966	Scissurella Ladd p. 26
1972	Scissurella Ladd p. 13
1982	Scissurella Ladd p. 20
1993	Scissurella Wilson p. 45
1995	Scissurella Pacaud and Le Renard p. 152

Year	Name and Author
1996	Scissurella Squires and Goedert p. 228
2001	Scissurella Lozouet et al. p. 17
2002	Scissurella Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Scissurella Bouchet et al. p. 155
2006	Scissurella Geiger p. 12

References

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Ladd H. S. (1966) Chitons and Gastropods (Haliotidae through Adeorbidae) from Western Pacific Islands, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 531, 1-98

Ladd H. S. (1972) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Turritellidae through Strombidae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 532, 1-79

Ladd H. S. (1982) Cenozoic fossil mollusks from Western Pacific Islands; Gastropods (Volutidae through Terebridae), United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1171, 1-100

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Pacaud J.-M., Le Renard J. (1995) Révision des Mollusques Paléogénes du Bassin de Paris. IV - Liste systématique actualisée, Cossmanniana 3 4, 155-187

Squires R. L., Goedert J. L. (1996) New species of small to minute gastropods of Early Eocene age from the Crescent Formation, Black Hills, Southwest Washington, The Veliger 39 3, 226-240

Lozouet P., Lesport J.-F., et al (2001) Révision des Gastropoda (Mollusca) du stratotype de L'Aquitanien (Miocéne inf.) site de Saucats "Lariey", Gironde, France, Cossmanniana 8, 1-189

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Geiger D. L. (2006) Eight new species of Scissurellidae and Anatomidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Vetigastropoda) from around the world, with discussion of two new senior synonyms, Zootaxa 1128, 1-33

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!

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