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Macrarene
Description | Macrarene is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Liotiidae within the superfamily Trochoidea, the top snails, turban snails and their allies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrarene, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Liotiidae : Macrarene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turbinidae : Macrarene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Macrarene Hertlein & A.M.Strong, 1951 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Zoologica, N. Y., 36 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 66.0 - 56.0 Ma Paleocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Turbinidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Turbinidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | J. A. Todd. 2001. Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macrarene |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Macrarene californica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Macrarene cookeana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Macrarene coronadoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Macrarene diegensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Macrarene digitata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Macrarene farallonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Macrarene lepidotera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Macrarene spectabilospina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1951 | Macrarene Hertlein and Strong |
2001 | Macrarene 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!