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Cyclostremella
| Description | Cyclostremella is a minor genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Pyramidellidae, the pyrams and their allies. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclostremella, 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 : Cyclostremella | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Cyclostremella Bush, 1897 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bush K. (1897). Revision of the marine gastropods referred to Cyclostrema, Adeorbis, Vitrinella and realted genera with dexriptions of some new genera and species belonging to the Atlantic fauna of America. Transactions of the Connecticut Academy of Arts and Sciences, 10: 97-144 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.1 Ma Oligocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Pyramidellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | carnivore (based on Pyramidellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Cyclostremella |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Cyclostremella concordia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyclostremella conradia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyclostremella dalli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyclostremella humilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Cyclostremella orbis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Cyclostromella | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pyramidellidae : Cyclostromella |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1898 | Cyclostremella Tate |
| 1962 | Cyclostromella Weisbord p. 136 |
| 1980 | Cyclostremella Hickman p. 81 |
| 2002 | Cyclostromella Sepkoski, Jr. |
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!
