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Putilla
Description | Putilla is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Seguenziidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putilla, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Seguenziida : Seguenziidae : Putilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Seguenziidae : Putilla | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Putilla A.Adams, 1867 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Adams A. (1867) Descriptions of new species of shells from Japan. Proceedings of the Zoological society of London, 1867: 309-315, pl. 19. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 145 - 133 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Seguenziidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Seguenziidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putilla |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Putilla (Parvisetia) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 47.8 Ma Eocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Putilla (Pseudosetia) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Putilla goikulensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Putilla lacuna species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Putilla lucida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Putilla morana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Putilla ponderi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Putilla porcellana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Putilla roemeri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Putilla suvaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Putilla tantilla species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1867 | Putilla Adams |
1966 | Putilla Ladd p. 60 |
2002 | Putilla Sepkoski, Jr. |
2005 | Putilla Bouchet et al. p. 148 |
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!