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Epitonium (Epitonium)
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Rank | subgenus (PBDB) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Epitonium : Epitonium (Epitonium) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (50%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | slow-moving (based on Epitoniidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Epitoniidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | thin,minor ribbing (based on Epitonium) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. J. W. Hendy, D. P. Buick, and K. V. Bulinski, C. A. Ferguson, A. I. Miller. 2008. Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Epitonium (Epitonium) aequabile ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) dignitatis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 41.3 Ma Eocene | 41.3 Ma Eocene | |
Epitonium (Epitonium) foliaceicosta species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1798 | Epitonium (Epitonium) Röding |
2001 | Epitonium (Epitonium) Todd |
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!