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Spectamen
Description | Spectamen is a genus of small sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Solariellidae within the superfamily Trochoidea. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectamen, 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 : Trochida : Solariellidae : Spectamen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochidae : Spectamen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Spectamen Iredale, 1924 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Iredale, T. (1924). Results from Roy Bell's molluscan collections. Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 49: 179-278. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 37.2 - 33.9 Ma Paleogene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Trochidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Trochidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Spectamen |
External Images
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Spectamen adarticulatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen babylonia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen bellulum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen epitheca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen flavum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen franciscanum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen gerula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen geruloides species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen laevior species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen marsus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen martensi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen multistriatum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen mutabilis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen pardalis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen philippense species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen roseapicale species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen rubiolae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen ruthae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Spectamen sulculiferum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1924 | Spectamen Iredale |
1993 | Spectamen Wilson p. 71 |
2002 | Spectamen 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!