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Gazameda
| Description | Gazameda is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Turritellidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gazameda, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turritellidae : Gazameda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Gazameda | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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| Scientific Name | Gazameda 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) | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Extant Size (PBDB) | 7 (64%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 28.1 - 23.0 Ma Cenozoic | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | facultatively mobile (based on Turritellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | suspension feeder (based on Turritellidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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/Gazameda |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Gazameda acricula ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 11 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Gazameda alba species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Gazameda declivis species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Gazameda decoramen species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Gazameda grindleyi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gazameda gunnii species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Gazameda iredalei species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 3.60 Ma Pliocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
| Gazameda madagascariensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Gazameda septifraga ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 23.0 Ma Miocene | |
| Gazameda subacricula ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 11.6 Ma Miocene | 11.6 Ma Miocene | |
| Gazameda tasmanica species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
| Turritella acricula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Turritella septifraga species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Turritella subacricula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1924 | Gazameda Iredale |
| 1990 | Gazameda Beu et al. p. 407 |
| 1993 | Gazameda Wilson p. 138 |
| 1996 | Gazameda Allmon p. 10 |
| 2002 | Gazameda Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2006 | Gazameda Rosenberg et al. |
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!
