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Boonea
Description | Boonea is a small genus of small sea snails, pyramidellid gastropod mollusks. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boonea, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pyramidellidae : Boonea | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Boonea R.Robertson, 1978 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Robertson R. 1978. Spermatophores of six eastern North American Pyramidellid gastropods and their systematic significance (with the new genus Boonea). Biological Bulletin, 155: 360-382 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 3 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 3 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Pyramidellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Pyramidellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Unpublished census data from Atlantic coastal plain and circum-Caribbean Neogene assemblages and taxonomic opinions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boonea |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Boonea bisuturalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea cincta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea grutensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea impressa species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 8 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Boonea jadisi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea kinpana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea multituberculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea okamurai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea scymnocelata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea seminuda species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 19 | 2.59 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Boonea suoana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea trifida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Boonea umboniocola species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1978 | Boonea Robertson |
2001 | Boonea Todd |
2008 | Boonea Hendy et al. |
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!