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Pseudosimnia
Description | Pseudosimnia is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudosimnia, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Pseudosimnia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ovulidae : Pseudosimnia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Pseudosimnia Schilder, 1927 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Arch. Naturgesch., 91, A10 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 6 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 4 (67%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 5.33 - 3.60 Ma Neogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Ovulidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Ovulidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taphonomy | aragonite (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Primary Reference (PBDB) | B. Landau and D. Fehse. 2004. The Early Pliocene Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Estepona, Southern Spain. Part 3: Trivioidea, Cypraeoidea. Paleontos 5:1-34 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudosimnia |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Pseudosimnia (Margovula) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Ovula capellinii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Ovula passerinalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia adriatica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia angusta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia anteana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia bilineata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia capellinii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 1.81 Ma Pleistocene | |
Pseudosimnia carnea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia diaphana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia flava species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia jeanae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia juanjosensii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia lacrima species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia nudelmani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia passerinalis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 5 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | |
Pseudosimnia pyrulina species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia shikamai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia sinesis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia vanhyningi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia wieseorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Pseudosimnia wiseorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Aperiovula C.N.Cate, 1973 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Aperiovula |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1925 | Pseudosimnia Schilder |
2004 | Pseudosimnia Landau and Fehse p. 20 |
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!