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Eocithara ✝
| Description | Eocithara is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks, in the family Harpidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocithara, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | genus | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Neogastropoda : Harpidae : Eocithara | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Eocithara P.Fischer, 1883 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Man. Conch. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 4 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 56.0 - 47.8 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 11.6 - 5.3 Ma Miocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Eocithara |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Eocithara (Refluharpa) ✝ subgenus | listed (PBDB) | ||||
| Eocithara bellardii ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | |
| Eocithara birmanica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocithara eucosmia species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocithara helenae species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocithara jacksonensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocithara mutica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocithara narica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 33.9 Ma Oligocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Eocithara rosenkrantzi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocithara submutica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Eocithara waihaoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Harpa bellardii species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Harpa narica species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1883 | Eocithara Fischer |
| 1925 | Harpa (Eocithara) Vredenburg p. 122 |
| 1977 | Eocithara Ladd p. 67 |
| 1984 | Eocithara Squires p. 35 |
| 1992 | Eocithara Squires and Demetrion p. 33 |
| 2002 | Eocithara Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2004 | Eocithara Harzhauser p. 140 |
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!
