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Collonista
Description | Collonista is a genus of sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Colloniidae. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collonista, 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 : Colloniidae : Collonista | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turbinidae : Collonista | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Classification (PBDB,GBIF) |
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Scientific Name | Collonista Iredale, 1918 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Name Published In | Iredale, T. (1918). Molluscan nomenclatural problems and solutions.- No. 1. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London. 13(1-2): 28-40. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opinions (PBDB) |
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Status (PBDB) | extant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Taxon Size (PBDB) | 7 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Extant Size (PBDB) | 5 (71%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
First Recorded Appearance | 33.9 - 28.4 Ma Oligocene | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Motility | actively mobile (based on Turbinidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Diet | grazer (based on Turbinidae) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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/Collonista |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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Collonista amakusaensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista arsinoensis species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista costulosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista crassilirata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista delecta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista glareosa species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 2 | 23.0 Ma Miocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Collonista granulosa species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista jucunda species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista kreipli species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista lenticula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista miltochrista species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista picta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista purpurata species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista rubricincta species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista solida species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista thachi species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista verruca species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Collonista viridula species | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
Leptothyra candida species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Leptothyra danvillensis ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
Leptothyra inepta species | listed (PBDB) | 2 | 0.01 Ma Pleistocene | 0 Ma Extant | |
Leptothyra maculosa species | listed (PBDB) | 0 Ma Extant | |||
Leptothyra subobsoleta ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 5.33 Ma Miocene | 5.33 Ma Miocene |
Synonymy List
Year | Name and Author |
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1869 | Leptothyra Pease |
1918 | Collonista Iredale |
1923 | Leptothyra Clark and Arnold p. 173 |
1966 | Leptothyra Ladd p. 50 |
1993 | Collonista Wilson p. 97 |
2002 | Collonista Sepkoski, Jr. |
2002 | Leptothyra 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!