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Ovula
| Description | Ovula is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Ovulidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovula, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Ovulidae : Ovula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Ovulidae : Ovula | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Ovula Bruguière, 1789 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Bruguière, J. G. 1789. Encyclopédie méthodique. Histoire naturelle des vers. Panckoucke, Paris. Vol. t.1: (1) i-xviii; 1-344. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 2 (50%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 61.6 - 59.2 Ma Paleocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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. Wilson. 1993. Australian Marine Shells 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ovula |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Ovula antiquata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ovula bellardii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ovula costellata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ovula inconspicua species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ovula ishibashii ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |
| Ovula martini ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | 61.6 Ma Paleocene | |
| Ovula neglecta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ovula ovum species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Ovula symmetrcia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ovula umbilicata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Ovula variabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Obsolete Names
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1789 | Ovula Bruguière |
| 1846 | Amphiperas Herrmannsen |
| 1847 | Amphiperas Gray |
| 1899 | Ovula (Amphiperas) Martin |
| 1982 | Ovula Ladd p. 38 |
| 1993 | Ovula Wilson p. 202 |
| 2002 | Amphiperas Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Ovula Landau and Fehse |
| 2006 | Ovula Rosenberg et al. |
| 2009 | Ovula Dolin and Pacaud p. 288 |
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!
