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Dizoniopsis
Description | Dizoniopsis is a genus of minute sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Cerithiopsidae. This genus was described by Sacco in 1895. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dizoniopsis, 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 : Cerithiopsidae : Dizoniopsis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Cerithiopsidae : Dizoniopsis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Dizoniopsis Sacco, 1895 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | in Bellardi & Sacco, Moll. Terr. terz. Piemonte e Liguria, 17 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 1 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 1 (100%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 23.0 - 20.4 Ma Miocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Cerithiopsidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Cerithiopsidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Dizoniopsis |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Dizoniopsis abylensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis apexclarus species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis aspicienda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis bilineata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis brevicaput species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis concatenata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis coppolae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis gothica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis herberti species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis herosae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis vaughani species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Dizoniopsis zannii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1895 | Dizoniopsis Sacco |
2001 | Dizoniopsis Lozouet et al. p. 47 |
2002 | Dizoniopsis 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!