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Atlanta
Description | From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta, 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 : Atlantidae : Atlanta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Atlantidae : Atlanta | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Atlanta Lesueur, 1817 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Lesueur C.A. (1817). Characters of a new genus, and descriptions of three new species upon which it is formed : discovered in the Atlantic ocean in the months of March and April, 1816; lat. 22° 9. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 1(1): 37-41. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 12 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 8 (67%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 47.8 - 41.3 Ma Eocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Atlantidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Atlantidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Common Name(s) | クチキレウキガイ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atlanta |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Atlanta (Atlanta) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Atlanta (Atlantidea) subgenus | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Atlanta (Heliconoides) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Atlanta arenularia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta ariejansseni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta brunnea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta californiensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta cordiformis ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
Atlanta diamesa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta echinogyra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta fragilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta frontieri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta fusca species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Atlanta gaudichaudi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta gibbosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta helicinoidea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta helicinoides species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Atlanta inclinata species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Atlanta indoceratoides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta inflata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta lesueuri species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Atlanta lesueurii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta lingayanensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta meteori species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta oligogyra species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta peresi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta peroni species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Atlanta peronii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta plana species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta pulchella species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta richteri species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta rosea species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta seapyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta selvagensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta sondaari species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta tokiokai species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Atlanta turriculata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Steira Eschscholtz, 1825 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Atlantidae : Steira |
Atalanta Knocker, 1869 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Atlantidae : Atalanta |
Helicophlegma d'Orbigny, 1835 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Atlantidae : Helicophlegma |
Ladas Cantraine, 1841 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Atlantidae : Ladas |
Coelodiscopsis F.Nordsieck & Garcia-Talavera, 1979 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Littorinimorpha : Atlantidae : Coelodiscopsis |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1817 | Atlanta Lesueur |
1928 | Atlanta Woodring p. 132 |
1977 | Atlanta Ladd p. 26 |
1993 | Atlanta Wilson p. 254 |
1997 | Atlanta Zorn p. 33 |
2002 | Atlanta Sepkoski, Jr. |
2013 | Atlanta Garvie p. 138 |
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!