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Austroharpa ✝
Description | Austroharpa is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Harpidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austroharpa, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source Data |
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Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Harpidae : Austroharpa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Austroharpa Finlay, 1931 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Finlay H.J. (1931). On Austrosassia, Austroharpa, and Austrolithes, new genera; with some remarks on the gastropod protoconch. Transactions of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 62(1): 7-19. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 28.4 - 16.0 Ma Cenozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Last Recorded Appearance | 2.59 - 0.78 Ma Pleistocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Harpidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | carnivore (based on Harpidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Austroharpa |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Austroharpa abbreviata ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | ||||
Austroharpa exquisita species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Austroharpa learorum species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Austroharpa loisae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Austroharpa pulligera species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Austroharpa punctata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Austroharpa tatei species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Austroharpa wilsoni species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Harpa abbreviata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB |
Obsolete Names
Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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Palamharpa Iredale, 1931 | GBIF | genus | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Harpidae : Palamharpa |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1931 | Austroharpa Finlay |
1993 | Austroharpa Wilson p. 138 |
2002 | Austroharpa 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!